Nationalism

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  • HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 04:  Chinese President Xi Jinping await delegates to the G20 Summit at the Hangzhou International Expo Center on September 4, 2016 in Hangzhou, China. World leaders are gathering in Hangzhou for the 11th G20 Leaders Summit from September 4 to 5.  (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
    HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 04: Chinese President Xi Jinping await delegates to the G20 Summit at the Hangzhou International Expo Center on September 4, 2016 in Hangzhou, China. World leaders are gathering in Hangzhou for the 11th G20 Leaders Summit from September 4 to 5. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

    China Really Isn’t Joking About Taiwan

    Beneath Beijing’s seemingly mild criticism of Trump’s phone call are currents of raw, public nationalism the government can’t control.

  • Former French president and losing candidate of the right-wing Les Republicains party primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his offices in a car on November 21, 2016 in Paris.
Sarkozy's defeat at the hands of his former premier Fillon, a man he once nicknamed "Mr Nobody", marked what appeared to be an ignominious end to the ex-president's forty years in politics.  / AFP / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT        (Photo credit should read GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images)
    Former French president and losing candidate of the right-wing Les Republicains party primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his offices in a car on November 21, 2016 in Paris. Sarkozy's defeat at the hands of his former premier Fillon, a man he once nicknamed "Mr Nobody", marked what appeared to be an ignominious end to the ex-president's forty years in politics. / AFP / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT (Photo credit should read GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images)

    Can French Sanity Hold Out Against the Forces of the Far-Right?

    The surprising political upset of Nicolas Sarkozy may be just the trick to stop Marine Le Pen and the National Front from taking power. Or not.

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    This Year’s Russian Unity Day March Is … Anti-Putin?

    Why were this year's Russian March participants protesting Putin?

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    Bad History Doesn’t Make Friends

    Kiev’s glorification of wartime Ukrainian nationalists threatens to turn away its Western allies — just when it needs them the most.

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    The Exchange: Why Nation Is One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told

    Novelists Chigozie Obioma and Taiye Selasi explore how a nation-state shapes a person’s identity — and influences a writer’s fiction.

  • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 05: A Brazilian fan gestures during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 05, 2016.   (Photo by Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 05: A Brazilian fan gestures during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 05, 2016. (Photo by Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

    The Olympic Spirit Is Unbridled, Rabid Nationalism

    The Games succeed because they indulge precisely what they claim to transcend – the world's basest instinct for tribalism.

  • DUBUQUE, IA - JANUARY 30:  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a rally at the airport on January 30, 2016 in Dubuque, Iowa. Trump is in Iowa trying to gain support in front of the state's February 1 caucuses.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    DUBUQUE, IA - JANUARY 30: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a rally at the airport on January 30, 2016 in Dubuque, Iowa. Trump is in Iowa trying to gain support in front of the state's February 1 caucuses. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    It’s Time for the Elites to Rise Up Against the Ignorant Masses

    The Brexit has laid bare the political schism of our time. It’s not about the left vs. the right; it’s about the sane vs. the mindlessly angry.

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    The Collapse of the Political Middle

    Does the rise of Donald Trump and right-wing groups across the West mean the world is experiencing a democracy crisis?

  • The anti-muslim Danish Pegida clone "For Frihed" (For Freedom) marched in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark on 9 April 2016 protected by upwards a hundred police, while some 60 anti-Pegida demonstrators attempted to disrupt the march. The march took place on the date, when Denmark was occupied by German forces in 1940. 
In photo: Policemen protection the marchers. Denmark 9 April 2016 (Photo by )
    The anti-muslim Danish Pegida clone "For Frihed" (For Freedom) marched in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark on 9 April 2016 protected by upwards a hundred police, while some 60 anti-Pegida demonstrators attempted to disrupt the march. The march took place on the date, when Denmark was occupied by German forces in 1940. In photo: Policemen protection the marchers. Denmark 9 April 2016 (Photo by )

    In Defense of Denmark

    With right-wing parties on the rise in Sweden and Germany, the restrictive immigration policies of cold-hearted Copenhagen are beginning to look awfully sensible.

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    The Time for an Independent Kurdistan Is Now

    For too long, my people have been attacked, killed, and betrayed. We can no longer believe Washington’s promises or hope that Baghdad will help us.

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    When You Close Your Eyes and Think of America, What Do You See?

    Why nationalism can be a force for good. (But beware of the dark side.)

  • Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol a street during a procession by Shiite Muslims held on the seventh day of Muharram to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Quetta on October 21, 2015. The Islamic month of Muharram marks the seven-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in battle in Karbala in Iraq 680 AD. AFP PHOTO/ Banaras KHAN        (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
    Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol a street during a procession by Shiite Muslims held on the seventh day of Muharram to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Quetta on October 21, 2015. The Islamic month of Muharram marks the seven-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in battle in Karbala in Iraq 680 AD. AFP PHOTO/ Banaras KHAN (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

    How I Became a Casualty of Pakistan’s Silent War on Speech

    As Pakistan boasts about its recent counter-terrorism success, it continues to stifle journalists and other essential voices of dissent.

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    <> on May 8, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland.

    Glasgow, the Day After a Massacre

    What’s left of Scottish Labour licks its wounds, while a victorious Scottish National Party ponders just how it’s going to work with those loathsome Tories.

  • First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon waves at a campaign rally in central Edinburgh on May 6, 2015. Britain's political leaders launched their last day of campaigning today for the most unpredictable election in living memory which could yield no clear winner and weeks of haggling over the next government.
AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN        (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)
    First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon waves at a campaign rally in central Edinburgh on May 6, 2015. Britain's political leaders launched their last day of campaigning today for the most unpredictable election in living memory which could yield no clear winner and weeks of haggling over the next government. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)

    And the Winner Is… the SNP

    Whether it's a Conservative or Labour-led government in London, Scottish nationalists will come out on top.

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    israeli flag burn

    One Nation, Divided Under Law

    If Israel passes the proposed nationality legislation, it will incite not only more internal strife but violence.

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