“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.”— George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 From the ashes of revolution, the United States emerged as a fragile republic amid the great powers of Europe—monarchies, empires, and entangled alliances locked in endless cycles of war and domination. It … Continue reading Bind Not Thyself: What the Founding Fathers Said About Foreign Alliances