'isolationism' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is typically used to describe a political policy of avoiding alliances and diplomatic relations with other countries, typically in the interest of national security. For example: "The country adopted an isolationism policy in order to protect its national interests."
These groups are characterised by economic nativism, anti-immigration and protectionist leanings, religious fanaticism, and geopolitical isolationism.
Grieve, who was sacked in the last cabinet reshuffle after vocally opposing Conservative demands to withdraw from the ECHR, has now widened his attack to warn about the dangers of retreat to a policy of "isolationism".
The new mood of "rejectionism" and "isolationism" was, the former attorney general said, at odds with Britain's tradition of building up and respecting obligations and relationships.
"We support the establishment of an independent Wales in order to join the international community, not to somehow retreat into an inward-looking isolationism," she said.
Picasso isn't likely to join the Havana art tour circuit anytime soon, and given his tendency toward a sort of isolationism of his own, art lovers shouldn't expect his name to suddenly appear in the growing number of galleries exploring Cuban art.
Calls for a return to the old socialism of economic regulation and thinly disguised isolationism (which accepts neither the reality of European Union membership nor the obligations of the Atlantic Alliance) are doomed.
The tenor of his presidency would depend crucially on Congress: to restrain the social illiberalism and occasional isolationism of other Republicans, the best outcome would be a divided one, with the Democrats back in control of the House of Representatives.
The implied concern is that American unilateralism today will do what American isolationism did after 1918, and undermine efforts to forge a more stable and prosperous world.Yet no sooner is the fear stated, than it can be seen to be overplayed.
Or perhaps it has lost sight of European policy, and has retreated into British isolationism.
Conservatism is not defined by a tendency to stand by while people's aspirations for more democratic societies are crushed: that is isolationism, a doctrine with an even more accident-prone history".Democracy seems to have been a fleeting fad in the America-influenced parts of the Middle East," Mr O'Hara concludes.
Indeed, the Chinese have profited handsomely from ditching such isolationism.
