Why did european nations respect the policy set forth in the monroe doctrine? a) they respected the united states as an equal and feared its powerful navy. b) they did not want to risk war with the combined forces of the united states and britain. c) other european nations had no interest in settling lands in the western hemisphere. d) the spanish encouraged the other european nations to allow the latin american nations to become independent.

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china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

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