# Professor Nouriel Roubini explains the downsides of an isolationist approach to foreign policy

1 Faculty News January 3, 2017 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg_0.jpg?itok=qy2YlnxP)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-01-03/roubini-sees-america-first-and-global-conflict-next) -- "Unfortunately, if the US gives up on its multilateralist, internationalist approach, if it's going to think about its own strict national interest, that's going to create a variety of tensions."

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