Vivek Ramaswamy Vows ‘Nixonian Realism’ on Russia, China, and Taiwan

Says American commitment to defend Taiwan would change once semiconductor manufacturing rebuilt at home

Vivek Ramaswamy, 2024 Republican presidential hopeful. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

In a speech at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California, on Aug. 17, Vivek Ramaswamy name-checked George Washington, James Monroe, and Mr. Nixon, stressing realism and the national interest as guiding lights in his foreign policy vision.

He said he would revive the Monroe Doctrine, a policy that began under President James Monroe at a time when European powers threatened the Americas.