isolationist

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And Brown has repeatedly warned of the dangers of an isolationist, 'us versus them' approach to international affairs.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Countries have become more isolationist manufacturing-wise, so they need to generate more electricity locally.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The first concerns Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, which supports an isolationist U.S. foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Those sites represent shifting centers of power, influence and reigning cultural philosophy within the country, beginning with the isolationist Joseon dynasty that ruled for half a millennium, before the tumultuous modern era.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Their only potential rivals were the lumbering, isolationist United States of North America and the newly awakened Island Kingdom of Japan.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott