Isolationist is an interesting way to describe Switzerland: economically they're probably one of the most internationally integrated, and thus dependent, countries in the world.

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throw-the-towel 3 hours ago | parent [-]

True, and yet at the same time they're incredibly wary of political and military alliances.

	▲	nairboon 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		For good reason, at the Congress of Vienna 1815 the largest powers in Europe signed a treaty that guarantees Switzerland's neutrality. As a result, Switzerland got spared in world war one and two. So far not entering into any alliances has been a very good strategy for Switzerland to ensure peace.