Atlantism
A political ideology that functions as the Western alliance’s mirror of Ruscism: an uncritical, militaristic devotion to NATO expansion, transatlantic unity, and Western interventionism. Atlantism treats the alliance as a moral crusade, dismisses any non-aligned position as appeasement, and often justifies military action under the banner of “defending democracy” while ignoring civilian casualties or blowback. It is less ethnically defined than Ruscism but shares its Manichaean worldview—good versus evil—and its faith in force as the ultimate arbiter. Atlantism can be found in think tanks, defense ministries, and comment sections cheering for ever more weapons.
Example: “He cheered every NATO enlargement, called neutrality ‘cowardice,’ and saw Putin in every critique of the alliance—classic Atlantism, where the map must be one color or else.”
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