Sentences with phrase «isolationism on»

This past February, two prominent New York institutions announced moves within days of each other that respond to the status of the public domain and the political economy of people and goods under the shadow of an accelerating so - called isolationism on the national stage.

The former would counsel undue isolationism on the grounds that very few humanitarian causes genuinely engage vital national interests.

Not exact matches

It offered free housing to those impacted by Trump's attempted ban on travel from some Muslim countries, and ran a Super Bowl ad critical of isolationism.

While in the same breath he talks about «Putting America First» - which to some sounds like a return to U.S. isolationism - Trump makes it clear he has big plans to write a whole new chapter of the nation's war on terrorism, which dates back to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

Facebook (fb) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision on Thursday of his company serving as a bulwark against rising isolationism, writing in a letter to users that the company's platform could be the «social infrastructure» for the globe.

Let's start with a rule of thumb: As long as American special forces troops are being killed conducting operations in Niger, isolationism is low on the list of immediate threats.

With only a three - season run, it's amazing how many heavy topics the original series takes on, from xenophobia and isolationism to Civil Rights.

The titan's rhetoric on balance and rhetoric is disturbingly familiar — we've heard this before, from real - life leaders advocating isolationism and nationalism.

The future, I have said, depends on the courage and resourcefulness which men display in overcoming the forces of isolationism, even of repulsion, which seem to drive them apart rather than draw them together.

As readers will be aware, I support military action against Assad - indeed, I think our policy of isolationism is responsible for the rise of Al Qaeda in Syria - but I can not see why Parliament should be bypassed on this issue.

Before the speech on Wednesday, Aaron David Miller, former adviser to Republican and Democratic administrations, said Mr Trump's proposals were «a perfect storm of isolationism, muscular nationalism, with a dash of pragmatism and realism».

There's also T'Challa's friend W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya), who insists on turning away refugees to protect the borders; T'Challa's bodyguard and confidant, Okoye; and, of course, Killmonger himself, the opposite extreme to Wakanda's prevailing isolationism.

Maybe some of us are misreading the whole thing, like it's a critique on the police state, nationalistic isolationism, and hateful identity politics.

If you appreciate finely honed storytelling with a Shakespearean core; winning performances from an enormously talented ensemble; provocative premises touching on isolationism, revolution and cultures of oppression, and oh yeah, tons of whiz - bang action sequences and good humor — then you should see «Black Panther.»

by Walter Chaw The urban surfaces of Americana are lent the sheen of Edward Hopper's neon isolationism by cinematographer Juan Ruiz Anchía in the appropriately named Confidence, which finds director James Foley back on noir ground, where his footing is firmest.

It's clear from the civil war that erupts at the end of the film that Wakandans are divided as to how to interact with the rest of the world, and on the issue of whether isolationism and / or neutrality in the face of colonial oppression equals complicity - by - silence.

Reshaped by the director from a story by stand - up comedian John Ridley, the film shifts into a more conventional «men on a mission» structure near the film's final quarter when Barlow gets kidnapped and tortured in a large bunker by a dedicated Hussein soldier (a very good Saïd Taghmaoui), who delivers a riveting diatribe that touches on both Michael Jackson and American isolationism.

Wakanda's isolationism doesn't sit well with her since they have the ability to help the world, a fact that weighs heavily on T'Challa's conscience as well.

We spoke about the isolationism of the U.S. before WWII and it's role on the global stage afterwards.

And because the film is rife with political allusions to immigration, stereotypes and isolationism not long after U.S. President Donald Trump made derogatory comments about African nations, it's also providing an opportunity for some to capitalize on the inspiration for change.

So it makes sense that T'Challa wouldn't have been the first king of Wakanda to tug against its tradition of isolationism — if you remember, Civil War was kick - started by the deaths of a team of Wakandans on a «humanitarian outreach mission,» presumably at the behest of King T'Chaka.

And so it's difficult not to read it on a political level too, a statement on the corruption and power abuses endemic in those closed systems, even as protests against the Ukrainian government's anti-EU isolationism continue to cost lives.

The recent literature on economic segregation lists some specific drivers of increased isolationism, and the authors look at those topics in turn.

Where Politics Can't Stop Us A funny thing happened on the way to isolationism.

Looking positively frequent in comparison, this year's Yokohama Triennale — three of these for every one of König's, for those who failed maths — adopts the titular theme of Islands, Constellations & Galapagos, intending thereby to refer to the contradictory nature of our current reality: strongly interconnected on the digital level but also ever more defined geopolitically by protectionism and isolationism, these driven in turn by populism and xenophobia.

While some New Zealanders call for a new isolationism, the Auckland gallery Michael Lett reflects on the country's encounters with the effects of refugee crises, rising sea levels and other 21st - century phenomena.

Artists explore themes of social isolationism, paranoia, the passage of time, and also address the impact of technology on humanity and the environment, while exploring the dichotomy of utopian ideals and the realities of modern daily existence.

Based on the wallpaper of a luxury hotel that Tuymans also visited on his Edinburgh trip, their serene, if stifling aestheticism seems to suggest how the perils of isolationism and class indifference may stall the radical ideas of forward - looking members of society.

-- and the nihilistic isolationism of climate survivalism — I need to put bars on my windows to save my butt!