Isolationism

Template:Expand Isolationism is a foreign policy which combines a non-interventionist military and political policy with a policy of economic nationalism (protectionism). In other words, it asserts both of the following:

Political rulers should avoid entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense.
There should be legal barriers to prevent trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.

The term "isolationism" was coined by military interventionists as a pejorative term during World War I to refer to people who opposed the United States' entry into that war. Later, the term "isolationism" was used 1939-41 to refer to opponents of the United States' entry into World War II. The two most prominent leaders were Charles Lindbergh and historian Charles A. Beard. See America First Committee.

"Isolationism" is often misused to refer to non-interventionism in general, rather than non-intervention conjoined with economic nationalism.