unilateralism

noun

uni·lat·er·al·ism ˌyü-ni-ˈla-t(ə-)rə-ˌli-zəm

: a policy of taking unilateral action (as in international affairs) regardless of outside support or reciprocity

also : advocacy of such a policy

unilateralist

ˌyü-ni-ˈla-t(ə-)rə-list

noun or adjective

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The choice before voters is stark: international leadership built around long-standing alliances, or disruptive unilateralism with a strange fondness for authoritarians. —

Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 Although some Americans favor greater unilateralism and isolationism, there is in fact broad support for the pillars of the Biden administration’s strategy. —

Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024 In similar fashion, Trump’s brand of isolationism is motivated more by unilateralism than by a search for strategic detachment. —

Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2024 Trump’s own judicial appointees, many of whom have been old-school conservatives, have been willing to say no to him, and many of them have a doctrinal aversion to presidential unilateralism. —

Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for unilateralism