1.   American policymakers understood the need to avoid the political isolation that followed World War I.

2.   And domestic popular discontent and external political isolation, Washington hoped, would bring the clerical leadership to its senses.

3.   As the enclave that is Republika Srpska drifts toward economic collapse and political isolation, the Serbian Orthodox Church has emerged as its ideological and spiritual bulwark.

4.   But for the man who once boasted that not a leaf moved in Chile without his knowledge, political isolation now beckons.

5.   One of the changes is that soon Clinton will no longer be viewed in political isolation or compared with some perfect, unidentified Republican hero.

6.   They do not occur in political isolation.

7.   This leaves little room for a liberation movement espousing violence, and the ETA has reacted to its political isolation with increased desperation.

8.   Parvanov gained support mainly for his plans to try and form a coalition with other leftist groups to overcome political isolation after a crushing election defeat a year ago.

9.   Behind them is the desire to oust Russia from Europe and achieve its political isolation.

10.   During much of that period, Vietnam was in political isolation from the rest of the world, so filmmakers had an almost captive audience.