Our policy that made the case for a staunch isolationism know he wanted walden bound u. S. While they often wanted was Cultural Engagement with the world. Except exploded the term what i said. Maybe thats all we need to do. If we can reconsolidate some of the parts of an isolated foreign policy, not entanglement, different kinds of engagement with the world, to the early republic you talk about commerce first unilateralism. Developing a commerce first unilateralism. It might be useful to think of this longer continuity in the intellectual framework for foreign policy. If you could smuggle that into an oped or interview as a journalist it gives us some hope because it is such a charged term that you can bring it forward. Its great with students because they come in thinking there such a thing as the battle between the ostrich and the eagle. The best way to explode that is ostriches dont hide their heads in the sand. Theyre very strategic. They are capable of delivering a really strong d