What foreign policy did teddy roosevelt pursue as president? a) "talk softly" - by being nice to central and south american countries, roosevelt hoped to win their respect b) gunboat diplomacy - the us would use force to be the policemen of the western hemisphere to keep european countries from dragging the americas into future european wars. c) coalition partners - roosevelt managed to get brazil and colombia to send troops for the us' invasion of mexico in 1905. d) atoms for peace - roosevelt wanted to turn the us' nuclear arsenal over to the international community to create cheap power for the poor around the world.