Bush Doctrine

The Bush Doctrine was used to refer what was seen as a movement of President Bush towards unilateralism. It was early announced by him after 9/11. However, about four years later, it was codified in a document, National Security Strategy of the United States, that shifts the U.S. foreign policy.

The Bush Doctrine states that we have the right to anticipatory action to defend ourselves and the right of preemptive strike against other countries that we think it is going to attack us.