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, ...

The only time the United States can be said to have truly attempted a form of isolationism was in the 1920s and 1930s, when it dismantled most of its military capabilities and disengaged from global ...

Recurring fears of isolationism are a fixture of American politics. Such anxieties bubble to the surface once a generation as an American electorate challenges the inherited wisdom of a postwar status ...

(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, ...