peripheralism

English

Etymology

From peripheral +‎ -ism.

Noun

peripheralism (uncountable)

1. A policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
   • 2005, A. Johnston, Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945–1955:

     The United States adjusted to its interest in defending Europe, but did so with the smallest impact on its existing strategic identity, an instinct toward peripheralism.