Political view · Foreign policy

Isolationism

Keeps the country out of foreign alliances and wars and puts domestic concerns first.

Associated with: George Washington’s farewell address, the America First Committee, Robert Taft.

Isolationism sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly non-interventionist on interventionism and leaning anti-establishment on institutions.

Where isolationism sits on ten dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People active today who fit

Tucker Carlson American commentator and former Fox News host97%Rumen Radev Prime Minister of Bulgaria, 2026 to present97%Guy Parmelin President of the Swiss Confederation, 2026 (Federal Council member since 2016)96%Herbert Kickl Austrian politician and leader of the Freedom Party95%

People from history who fit

Andrés Manuel López Obrador President of Mexico, 2018 to 202494%Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016 to 202191%Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary, 1998 to 2002 and 2010 to 202683%Corazon Aquino President of the Philippines, 1986 to 199283%

Similar political views

SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.98%Non-interventionismAvoids foreign wars and entangling alliances while trading freely with all.96%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…95%PaleolibertarianismMixes free-market libertarianism with cultural traditionalism and localism.90%

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Books on isolationismBiographies of Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.