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 ...

Marc Thiessen argues Trump’s second-term record abroad – strikes, sanctions and proxy wars – proves MAGA isn’t isolationist ...

In 1796, George Washington advised in his farewell as president to avoid foreign entanglements. Although he did not use that exact phrase, he did spend a good portion of his lengthy written message ...

President Trump has been harsh on the Middle East policies of former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. He has good reasons for that. The Obama-Biden era saw the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and ...

The University of Connecticut’s History Department held their 152nd Foreign Policy Seminar last Friday, March 28. The 152nd speaker was Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols of Ohio State University.

There are a number of certainties about the coming Trump administration. One is that it will be bad for the climate. Another is that it will be bad for American democracy. A third is that it will be ...

SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, the United States has damaged its reputation and national security by lurching from one war to the next. Afghanistan, which began triumphantly for the Bush administration, ...

President Donald Trump, since taking office in January 2025, has pursued an “America First” policy, focusing on trade and national security, which has led to reduced U.S. engagement in the Caucasus.

From “Who Votes Isolationist and Why,” which appeared in the April 1951 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—­­along with the magazine’s ...

President Trump rebuked Tucker Carlson's isolationist stance on the Middle East. Trump remains firm on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Trump's actions have distanced him from ...