in april 2015, james m. goldgeier, political scientist and dean of the school of international service at american university, wrote an article titled "the hillary clinton doctrine" (the only place in the article that mentions "doctrine") for "the national interest". however, the article mostly analyzes foreign policy trends of the last several u.s. administrations and makes suggestions for what a hillary clinton foreign policy should be while emphasizing the limitations and difficulties of possible courses of action.