isolationism

(noun)

The policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc..

Related Terms

Examples of isolationism in the following topics:

  • Isolationism

    • Isolationism or non-interventionism was a tradition in America's foreign policy for its first two centuries.
    • For the first 200 years of United States history, the national policy was isolationism and non-interventionism.
    • This quasi-isolationism shows that the United States was interested in foreign affairs but was afraid that by pledging full support for the League, it would lose the ability to act on foreign policy as it pleased.

  • Interventionism

    • The US was not merely non-isolationist (i.e. the US was not merely abandoning policies of isolationism), but actively intervening and leading world affairs.
    • The Lend Lease Act allowed the United States to tip-toe from isolationism while still remaining militarily neutral.

  • Foreign Policy

    • Two visions of foreign policy in the U.S. are isolationism and internationalism, which has been dominant since World War II.