It Is Difficult for Any Nation to Live in Economic and Political Isolation.

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It is true that it is becoming increasingly difficult for any nation to live in economic and political isolation. I agree to this fact because a nation stands to lose more now than in the past if it chooses to live in isolation, hence the increased difficulty to stick to such a choice. For a nation to be economically isolated would mean keeping itself separate from global trading and all matters pertaining to money transactions and matters while to remain politically isolated is to have intolerance for interference in its governance and management of its state affairs. There has been a lot of nations in the past that had adopted the policy or doctrine of trying to isolate it's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, or generally attempting to make one's economy entirely self-reliant; seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement, both diplomatically and economically, while remaining in a state of peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities. Nations like Albania, China, Japan, North Korea, Paraguay and many more were involved in different kinds of economic and political isolation in the past but had since been involved in some kind of diplomatic tie, foreign aids, limited-scale trade, and forms of cooperation with other nations of the world. Many would also argue that from time immemorial, it had been difficult to remain economically isolated. Even since the days of Marco Polo and Cheng Ho, nations have sought trade with each other because they covet the goods which they cannot get at home. To satisfy their craving for these goods, staying isolated economically was definitely not an option. Also Thailand realized that to remain an independent state was ironically not to remain isolated, had
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