What is Internationalism?

Internationalism sees protecting and promoting American national interests as requiring an activist foreign policy. Internationalists hold that the United States cannot escape the world. Events abroad inevitably impinge upon U.S interest and any policy based on the denial of their relevance is self-defeating. Examples of events abroad that inevitably impinge upon U.S. interests include the global depression of the 1930s, Hitler’s rise to power, the outbreak of WWII, and the constant outward thrust of post-WWII communism. Examples of U.S. foreign policy applying the internationalist perspective are the membership in the United Nations and NATO, the Marshall Plan of massive economic aid to countries destroyed by World War II, starting with Greece and Turkey and spreading to Europe and Asia, the Helsinki Human Rights agreement, The Alliance for Progress in Latin America, CIA covert and overt actions during the Cold War, involvement in the Korean and Vietnam  wars, believes that the best way to protect and provide for the continued growth and development is by creating a more hospitable global environment.

 

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