Theeff ect on the fi nancial, cultural, or emotional well-being of a country will
infl uence its decisions and policies. Isolationism may have been viable in the times
of our founding fathers, but it is not practical today. With the global economy, a
country needs other allies to assist in detection of terrorism, military assistance in
the fi ght against terrorism, and cooperation and sympathy in the responses to a
terrorist event