International isolation

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Poverty among dispossessed groups of society is usually one of the effects of international isolation. Children in a South African township in 1989, during the country’s international isolation years

International isolation is a penalty applied by the

developing countries
such grouping may change.

Definitions

International isolation is often the result of international sanctions against a specific country (or group of countries), but it may also be a result of a policy of isolationism by the country in question. Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, for example, ended up in a state of international isolation after decades of confrontation with the West and its critical politics against fellow Arab governments.[1]

Certain widely acknowledged terms or concepts, like "pariah state", have been coined to refer to countries that have isolated themselves internationally or have been isolated by sizable groups of nations. The characteristics of such a state are "...precarious diplomatic isolation, the absence of assured, credible security support or political moorings within big-power alliance structures, and ... [being] the targets of obsessive and unrelenting opprobrium and censure within international forums such as the United Nations.[2]"

The concept "falling off the map" was used by Trinidadian-British political writer

Rezā Pahlavi and during the first years of the Revolution.[3]

History

International isolation contributed to the downfall of the Spanish Republican government following the Non-Intervention Agreement in the Spanish Civil War signed in August 1936 and supported by 24 nations. The Republic had to fight a war under virtually total international isolation and a de facto economic embargo that placed it at an insurmountable disadvantage against the rebel faction.[4] Lacking badly needed assistance from the

Axis Powers.[6]

One of the most famous examples of international isolation was

healthcare systems despite the abundance of natural resources in the country.[8]

Throughout the

Jamahiriya. International pressure, along with assistance to rebel groups, eventually contributed to Gaddafi's downfall and death. Also, in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising, several foreign countries imposed tough sanctions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
.

With the increasing democratic backsliding and autocracy in Venezuela during the administration of Nicolás Maduro, the country faced growing international isolation.[9][10]

Since the

oligarchs, their expulsion from the Council of Europe, and a boycott of Russia and Belarus
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tripoli Greens - Libya's new government district in Tripoli
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  3. ^ V. S. Naipaul, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples, 1998
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  5. ^ Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939. Penguin Books. London. 2006. pp. 289-290
  6. ^ Ángel Viñas, La Soledad de la República Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Koos van Wyk, State elites and South Africa's international isolation: a longitudinal comparison of perception, Routledge
  8. ^ "JICA - Signs of a Myanmar Spring?". Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  9. ^ "Isolation greets Maduro's new term as Venezuela's president". Associated Press. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  10. ^ "Venezuela faces international isolation after Maduro win". The National. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

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