Moving beyond isolationism In recent years, “restraint” has gained traction as a more precise and useful framework for U.S. foreign policy. Unlike isolationism, restraint does not imply ...

The term “isolationism” came into common usage in the United States in the 1930s—and it already had distinctly negative connotations. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, who in the late nineteenth ...

For example, some commentators argue that President Donald Trump’s return to the White House signals a new era of isolationism. But others contend his foreign policy is more akin to ...

Andrew Latham, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Few terms in American foreign policy discourse are as misunderstood or politically charged as “isolationism.” Advertisement Article ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Few terms in American foreign policy discourse are as misunderstood or politically charged as “isolationism.” Often used as a political weapon, the term conjures images of a ...