Sentence examples for isolationist actions from inspiring English sources

And he admonished the Republicans in Congress who criticized him while undermining American leadership by taking nakedly isolationist actions, such as refusing to do anything about global warming and failing to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention.

"We need to demonstrate by our deeds, words and our actions that we are internationalist, not isolationist, multilateralist, not unilateralist, active and not passive, and driven by core values, consistently applied, not special interests," he said.

Brown's close aide Douglas Alexander said is a Washington D.C speech, "In the 21st century, strength should be measured on what we can build together ... we need to demonstrate by our deeds, words and our actions that we are internationalist, not isolationist, multilateralist, not unilateralist, active and not passive, and driven by core values, consistently applied, not special interests".

In any case, the "internationalist" Republicans who supported President Bush's Persian Gulf war in 1991 suddenly became "isolationist" Republicans who opposed President Clinton over military action in Somalia (where Mr. Bush actually had sent the troops), as well as in Bosnia and Kosovo.

This latest action is part of a growing isolationist trend in Trump's foreign policy.

Along with the Administration's budget proposal to increase defense spending by fifty-four billion dollars, these actions suggest that Trump, despite his early isolationist statements, is bringing a new calculus to global politics, in which the use of force plays a more prominent role, and that Mattis may be the policy's principal driver.

Also, his isolationist views on foreign policy — he opposes all U.S. military actions, is passive about the possibility of Iran's acquiring nuclear weapons and is skeptical about U.S. relations with Israel — are at odds with the stances of most Republican political and national security leaders.

Mr. Bush's advisers deny that he is unilateralist or isolationist, or that his administration has a blanket disdain for group action as a way of conducting world affairs.

President Bush's advisers said his rejection of various international accords and threat to skip a conference on racism did not indicate that he was unilateralist or isolationist or that the administration had a blanket disdain for group action in the conduct of world affairs.

While that approach is now considered isolationist, Mr. Trump says he is a realist — aware that the United States cannot afford to intervene everywhere and must limit its actions to situations where it clearly serves the United States' own interests.

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