Isolationism

The Party at the End of the World

Julie Gray | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Stories Without Borders, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Idf, Tel Aviv, Middle East, Israeli Army, Israel, Isolationism, World News

America does not know the feeling of having countries, say, 90 minutes away from its border that often say things like America doesn't deserve to exist and brethren will unite to prove this! America does not know what is like to be attacked, routinely, by missiles.

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America's New, Distracted Obsession With Social Issues

Rabbi Abraham Unger, Ph.D. | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Religion and Politics, Abortion, Family Values, Economy, Economic Crisis, Isolationism, Contraception, Social Issues, Religion News

A peculiar form of American isolationism has gripped our country. The rest of the world is fending off potentially disastrous immediate economic contagion, while we expend much of our national energy on social issues pretty much decided years ago.

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Dr. Ron Paul: 6 Reasons He Is Electable and Will Win

Laura Trice | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Isolationism, Ron Paul 2012, National Debt, GOP Debate, United Nations, Ron Paul, Gop Primary 2012, GOP Candidates, Israel, Politics News

Contrary to the false propaganda proclaiming that Dr. Ron Paul is "not electable", his numbers are rising, his support growing and he stands an excellent chance of winning both the GOP nomination and the 2012 presidential race.

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Pearl Harbor -- and Our Moral Identity as a Nation

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Patriotism, Pearl Harbor, Kota Bharu, President Barack Obama, Henry Cabot Lodge, Mitt Romney, Isolationism, Charles Lindbergh, World War II, Newt Gingrich, Breckinridge Long, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor Anniversary, Fdr, Politics News

With Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney heading up a desultory field of Republican patriots, all pretending they have a lock on American national pride, I'd like to say a few things as a professional American historian and biographer.

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Neoconservatism Isn't Dead -- In Fact, It's Prepping For A Comeback

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: George Bush, George Bush Neoconservatives, 2012 Elections, The End of History, Michael Rubin, Ron Paul, Elections 2012, Donald Rumsfeld, Obama, Vulcans, Rick Perry, Dick Cheney, Gop Foreign Policy, Video, 2012 Election, Condoleezza Rice, Isolationism, Elliot Abrams, GOP Debates, Dov Zakheim, Doug Feith, Colin Powell, Gop 2012, Mitt Romney, Francis Fukuyama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, GOP Candidates, Foreign Policy, Herman Cain, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Politics News

The Republican Party is divided like never before on the issue of U.S. foreign policy, with rifts over foreign engagement, Pentagon budgeting and the ...

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Pakistan's Long March to Isolation

Syed Yahya Hussainy | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Isolationism, Military, Diplomacy, Afghanistan, China, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, World News

Israel's stubbornly myopic foreign policy is actually making it less secure. What is less clear is whether those responsible for directing Pakistan's own foreign policy understand why.

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Let The 'Isolationism Panic Feedback Loop' Begin!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Libya, John McCain, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Isolationism Panic, Isolationism, Media Criticism, Lindsey Graham, Media News

Months and months of deficit panic and out-of-proportion media hype set up what Greg Sargent likes to refer to as the "Beltway Deficit Feedback Loop,"...

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Mitch McConnell Explains GOP Isolationism

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: John Mccain Libya, Libya, Obama Afghanistan, Video, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Gop Isolationism, Obama Libya, Afghanistan, Isolationism, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Republican Isolationism, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expects the Senate to soon debate and vote on the conflict in Libya, although he is refus...

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America's New Isolationism

Christopher McKnight Nichols | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Isolationism, Afghanistan War, Intervention, Libya, Pew Research Center Poll, Humanitarian, Quinnipiac University Poll, Politics News, Public Policy, Troop Withdrawal, Unilateralism, Breaking Politics News, U.S.Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, John Boehner, Washington, Obama, William Borah, War on Terror, Jefferson, Dennis Kucinich, Isolationist, Diplomacy, International Relations, Politics News

Should we exert force abroad for the national interest? (And how do we define national interest?) When and where should we use force for a humanitarian cause? Or should the U.S. withdraw from the international theater to focus on challenges at home?

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American "Exceptionalism" Led By Example, Not Simply Force

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isolationism, American Century, Military-Industrial Complex, Afghanistan, Middle Class, Politics News

American exceptionalism splinters, and does so quickly, when we move from serving as a shining example for others to follow, and instead turn toward enforcing our will and our way of life on the world.

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The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away From War's Horrific Realities

William J. Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isolationism, u.s. Wars, u.s. War in Iraq, Iraq War Casualties, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War, American Isolationism, War Isolationism, Wikileaks, Politics News

Marked by a calculated estrangement from war's horrific realities and mercenary purposes, the new isolationism magically turns an historic term on its head, for it keeps usinwars, rather than out of them.

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New START vs. the Tea Party: What's the Greatest Threat?

Don Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, National Security, Isolationism, New Start, International Law, New Start Treaty, Nukes, Multilateralism, World News

What's more dangerous: the thousands of nukes that will still target U.S. and Russian cities if the New START treaty is not ratified OR the opportunistic, Tea Party pandering politicians who would derail this commonsense agreement?

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Obama the Isolationist?

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Tony Blankley, Turkey, Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, Isolationism, Israel, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, World News

Whether intentional or accidental, President Obama's increasing isolationism will create a world no longer guided by a powerful, benign hand, but rather a world that is the target of malignant grabbing hands and pounding fists.

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Good Neighbor Policy

Lloyd Garver | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Isolationism, Hallowen, Social Responsibility, Neighborliness, Healthy Living News

There is a "Neighboring Gap" going on in our country. As opposed to previous generations, many people don't know their neighbors. They'll almost brag...

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Our Future Role in Iraq, from a Veteran's Perspective

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Adam Kokesh, New Mexico, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Ted Johnson, Isolationism, Teresa Valdez Klein, United States Marine Corps, Maegan Carberry, Veterans, Politics News

On today's Wilshire & Washington, we have a very special guest: Adam Kokesh, a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and a veteran of the Iraq War.

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Isolationist Policies On The Rise Threatening A Global Trade War: World Bank

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Exports, World Bank, Free Trade, g20, Buy American, Trade War, Trade Wars, Imports, Trade, Isolationism, Fair Trade, Trade Barriers, Global Financial Crisis, World News

At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...

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Japan Resorts To Isolationism As Global Economy Weakens

GlobalPost | Gavin Blair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nationalism, Global Financial Crisis, Japan Nationalism, World Economic Crisis, East Asia, Isolationism, Japan Isolationism, Japan, Asia, World Financial Crisis, Globalpost, World News

TOKYO - In the days of VHS cassettes, a visit to a video rental shop here for a Hollywood blockbuster would often end in disappointment -- all the c...

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The World Needs an Isolationist America

Walden Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isolationism, Asia, China, Middle East, Politics News

For Japan, the key challenge is to move from being the springboard for U.S. power projection in the region to a mature relationship with China.

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