Isolationism

In Defense of National Interests

With the publication of the new “National Defense Strategy,” it’s a good time to remember that national interest is a good thing. Even for our neighbors.

Atrocities Make Military Intervention a Right and a Duty

Nations are sovereign, but that sovereignty does not override the essential human dignity of all persons which, when horribly violated, necessitates an international response

On Ukraine, J.D. Vance Should Heed His Fellow Catholics 

JD Vance’s approach to Ukraine seems closer to the isolationist realism of the MAGA establishment than the moral realism characteristic of the Catholic international relations tradition

Republicans Have Not Turned Isolationist

Despite the appearance of an Isolationist turn in the GOP, such observations are misguided.

What JD Vance Means for Foreign Policy in a Second Trump Term

Despite JD Vance’s purported isolationism, the truth is that he and Trump both share in a Jacksonian approach to foreign policy

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