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 retreating America, ...

Early this year, when new crisis seemed to impend in Asia, the American people were exposed to an edifying exercise in the discussion of foreign policy. As Chinese troops massed on the Indo-Chinese ...

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 century ...

The abiding defect of U.S. foreign policy? It’s isolationism, my friend. Purporting to steer clear of war, isolationism fosters it. Isolationism impedes the spread of democracy. It inhibits trade and ...

Kupchan’s book traces isolationism across U.S. history, from the founding era through the Trump presidency. President George Washington in 1796 warned Americans “to steer clear of permanent alliances ...

LOSING THE LONG GAME The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East By Philip H. Gordon ISOLATIONISM A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World By Charles A. Kupchan Barring ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Often used as a political weapon, the term conjures images of a retreating America, ...