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The new Pew survey (via RCP) that purports to show a record-high level of “isolationist sentiment” is fairly misleading. No doubt, there was a higher percentage that answered that the U.S. should ...

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, ...

Kevin Sullivan comments on the Michael Cohen article on the non-return of isolationism: In other words, “Isolationism,” at least in its present context, is a political word having very little to do ...

As the American presidential election heats up and both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris begin to announce their policies, one major point is conspicuously absent: ...

ANDREW J. BACEVICH is a professor of international relations at Boston University and author of "The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War." IN HIS STATE of the Union address on ...

Isolationism has an appeal. It always has. It seems a safe place. It requires less around-the-clock leadership, less money, less risk, less worry, and less sacrifice. Its origin is often fear, ...

America first is a phrase we have heard a lot in recent presidential elections. Former President Donald Trump has used it as a foreign policy rallying cry, and his running mate, JD Vance, is one of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...