Charles A. Kupchan is professor of international affairs in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University, and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2014-2017, he served in the Obama administration as special assistant to the president on the National Security Council.
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In his Farewell Address of 1796, President George Washington admonished the young nation 'to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.' Isolationism thereafter became one of the most influential political trends in American... SEE MORE