unilateralists
Go-it-alone advocates
Unilateralists are those who favor acting alone rather than in concert with others.
The term appears most often in political and military contexts, describing advocates for a nation pursuing its own course without seeking international consensus or coalition support: The unilateralists in the administration pushed for action without UN approval.
The opposite position is multilateralism.
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- protectionismShielding local producers
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- autarkyComplete economic independence
neutrality · nonalignment · separatism · exceptionalism · nativism · withdrawal · disengagement · go-it-alone
Freedom from external control
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
single-handed · unassisted · solo · lone · standalone · self-governing · autarkic · self-contained
Act of taking away
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
preemption · intervention · abrogation · renunciation · rejection · opt-out · walkout · secession
Keen-eyed birds of prey
- hardlinersUncompromising faction members
- nationalistsAdvocates for homeland interests
- isolationistsThose opposing foreign involvement
- neoconservativesHawkish right-wing interventionists
Brexiteers · protectionists · separatists · defectors · holdouts · dissenters · lone wolves · mavericks
isolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- protectionismShielding local producers
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
autarky · neutrality · nonalignment · separatism · exceptionalism · nativism · withdrawal · disengagement · go-it-alone · Monroe Doctrine
independence
Freedom from external control
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
sovereignty · single-handed · unassisted · solo · lone · standalone · self-governing · autarkic · self-contained · uncoordinated
withdrawal
Act of taking away
embargo · preemption · intervention · abrogation · renunciation · rejection · opt-out · walkout · secession · decertification
hawks
Keen-eyed birds of prey
- hardlinersUncompromising faction members
- nationalistsAdvocates for homeland interests
- isolationistsThose opposing foreign involvement
neoconservatives · Brexiteers · protectionists · separatists · defectors · holdouts · dissenters · lone wolves · mavericks · rejectionists
unilateralistsmultilateralists
Advocates for multi-nation cooperation
internationalists · globalists · diplomats · integrationists · federalists
unilateralistspluralists
Advocates for multiple coexisting viewpoints
collectivists · coalition partners · team players · compromisers