Internationalism
Internationalism, an ambiguous term, may sometimes refer to concepts similar to globalism and cosmopolitanism, sometimes contrasted with non-interventionism and isolationism, sometimes contrasted with realism. There are also usages such as "proletarian internationalism", sometimes referred to as "international socialism", the perception of all communist revolutions as being part of a single global class struggle rather than separate localized events.
United Nations
One example of a organization supported by internationalists is the United Nations. The UN is a international organization that conducts peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid around the world. Some internationalists want to go a step further by creating a world government of the NWO. However, this idea is opposed and/or thwarted by other internationalists, who believe any world government body would be inherently too powerful to be trusted. These internationalists are more likely to support a loose world federation in which most power resides with the national governments.
US President George Washington advised the United States, in his Farewell Address, to remain a neutral player in the international political game. He urged the new republic to avoid conflicts and alliances with other nations. Although he felt that economic ties with other nations should be promoted to encourage trade and commerce, political ties should be minimal. He was concerned that having close relations could force the US to unite with allies to promote their interest and be drawn into their war. Likewise, he was concerned that strongly discordant relations would do the same and that both situations could force the US into conflicts that may not be important to the US. He was concerned that these type of relations would cause passion driven foreign policy rather than policy based upon the nation's interest. Quoting him:
- "Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world [...]"
However, George Washington was not the only Founding Father of the United States to advise neutrality in foreign affairs. Thomas Jefferson, quoting him, stated:
- "I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government [to be] peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none [...] Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."
