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Answer for the clue "The doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences ", 16 letters:
internationalism

Word definitions for internationalism in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Internationalism is a political principle which advocates a greater political or economic cooperation among nations and peoples, and whose ideological roots can be traced to both socialism and liberalism . Supporters of this principle are referred to as ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Internationalism \In`ter*na"tion*al*ism\, n. The state or principles of international interests and intercourse. The doctrines or organization of the International.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A new internationalism had been born in football. ▪ In proposing a rupture between liberal internationalism and nationalist socialism, Hyndman and Blatchford were ahead of their time. ▪ So there is more on internationalism , ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences [ant: nationalism , nationalism ] quality of being international in scope; "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology" ...

Usage examples of internationalism.

For tactical reasons having to do with the nonsectarian appeal he was aiming at, Howe never said in so many words that to him the perspective demanding loyalty from the intellectuals was not internationalism in general but socialism in particular.

On the one side science, order, progress, internationalism, aeroplanes, steel, concrete, hygiene: on the other side war, nationalism, religion, monarchy, peasants, Greek professors, poets, horses.

His hagiographers today present him as the plucky, courageous, little guy who stood up to world communism and led America into a new age of cosmopolitan internationalism.

They think of internationalism with greedy Great Powers in the background outside the internationalized area, intriguing to create disorder and mischief with ideas of an ultimate annexation.