Alex Nowrasteh of Cato Institute in this must read piece writes on one of the major global themes: rise of nationalism and cries of making their country great again.
From President Donald Trump to the rise of new nationalist political parties in Europe to a general resurgence of the term in recent years, nationalism seems to be on the march.
Nationalism is a political movement that has made major inroads in recent years while preaching a message of immigration restrictionism, trade protectionism, and a stronger government devoted to defending citizens from (mostly) imaginary harms. But besides some policy positions and a style of governance, there is no good working definition of nationalism widely used in popular discourse, with almost no attempt to distinguish it from patriotism.
Most research on nationalism is terrible. My base assumption was that nationalism must be something more than crude jingoistic tribalism, but few…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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