Nationalism Archives

News in Brief

What the E.U. Represents in an Era of Rising Euroskepticism

The European Union has failed to endorse the results of the referenda in both Spanish Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan, which is striking given that referenda are supposedly democratic expressions of popular will.

Claire Greenstein & Amber Cassady

Left: Marine Le Pen. | Right: Jean-Marie Le Pen.

News in Brief

What Will Become of France’s National Front?

French populists are already seeing into the next decade.

Massoud Hayoun

News in Brief

A Historian of White Nationalism: ‘These Are Self-Motivating Armed People Seeking to Stop Evil With…

A conversation with Chip Berlet, a scholar of America’s extreme right. By A.C. Thompson A photograph with a…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Why Nationalism Is So Dangerous

America may be the greatest country on Earth, but it’s troubling when people frame it that way. By…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

How Brexit Will Hit America

We asked three American scholars of the European Union to tell us what Americans should know about the…

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Embracing Digital Nationalism

Greece could take a lesson from Estonia.

Kyle Chayka

Social Justice

Finding a New Gandhi in the Book ‘Great Soul’

Like other great figures, new writings about Mohandas Gandhi tell us something about the subject but perhaps more about our times.

Sameer Pandya

Social Justice

Does Old Glory Have a Dark Side?

Research suggests that seeing the flag doesn't make Americans feel more patriotic. But it does make them feel more nationalistic and more superior to non-Americans.

Lee Drutman