isolationism

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Despite the new taxes, US imports ended up increasing more than 4% last year - more slowly than in 2024 but hardly evidence of a plunge into isolationism.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Most presidential administrations have claimed to operate according to a foreign policy doctrine of some kind: for instance, neoconservatism, liberal internationalism, isolationism, or realpolitik.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Cato’s foreign policy ideas tended toward isolationism, even at the height of the Cold War, which made it largely irrelevant in those debates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

But as he wrote about the forces at play, such as AI, climate change, and isolationism, “it became clear that they might actually generate instability rather than stability.”

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Her letter failed because she couldn’t conceive of the profundity of your problem—she couldn’t fathom the pressures brought to bear upon you because of environment, intellectual frustration and a growing tendency toward isolationism.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote