Abasic position in american foreign policy has been that america must defend foreign interests related to trade an security. the main foreign policy position opposed to this american policy is called

The main foreign policy position opposed to this American policy is called "isolationism," since those who are isolationists think that the United States tends to waste money, lives, and resources in conflict that don't necessarily benefit them too greatly .

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