Afghanistanism
/afˈɡanɪstənɪz(ə)m/ /afˌɡanɪˈstɑːnɪz(ə)m/ /afˌɡanɪˈstanɪz(ə)m/informal (originally US )
noun
Preoccupation (especially on the part of journalists) with distant events, as a diversion from controversial domestic issues.
Origin
1940s. From the name of Afghanistan (Persian Afġānistān, Pashto Afġānistān), used as a type of a distant land + -ism.