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Ongoing struggle between interventionism, isolationism in US foreign policy
By Mojtaba Babaei
US foreign policy expert
In the 1930s, isolationism in US foreign policy allowed the country to avoid involvement in World War I. However, during the two-year period between Germany’s initiation of the war in September 1939 and the US entry into the conflict in December 1941, the debate over interventionism versus isolationism was a central issue in American politics. Since then, questions about the role of the United States in the world have persisted: What should America’s role in the world be? Should the US lead on the global stage? Should the US intervene in conflicts around the world that don’t directly affect its interests?
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