isolationist

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Countries have become more isolationist manufacturing-wise, so they need to generate more electricity locally.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The first concerns Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, which supports an isolationist U.S. foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

"The US is going into a more isolationist policy stance, raising tariffs, trying to provide more effective protection to US manufacturing," says Mr Oganes.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

“Not unless we want to become isolationist to a degree that is unthinkable,” Walker added.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Their only potential rivals were the lumbering, isolationist United States of North America and the newly awakened Island Kingdom of Japan.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott