New York Times: Nationalism Reshapes Europe
World leaders gathered to commemorate World War I’s end a century ago, and “a ceremony meant to celebrate the ties that bind the world today in effect showcased the divisions that are pulling it apart,” explain Peter Baker and Alissa Rubin for the New York Times. The global order and US alliances are under strain, even as the world’s most pressing problems require global cooperation. “Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism,” President Emmanuel Macron of France said in a speech at the Arc de Triomphe. “Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism by saying: ‘Our interest first. Who cares about the others?’” Even so, the US president embraces the nationalist label, describing globalists as “corrupt” and “power hungry.” That stance encourages nationalist movements in many European countries. Analysts warn that US withdrawal from international agreements on climate change, migration, trade and security is a self-inflicted wound, weakening the Western alliance and giving an opening for Russia and China broadening their influence. – YaleGlobal
New York Times: Nationalism Reshapes Europe
Nationalism helped spur World Wars I and II, and Macron views nationalism as a betrayal of patriotism – still, Europe sees a rise in nationalist trends
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
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Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, responsible for covering President Trump, the fourth president he has covered.
Alissa Johannsen Rubin is the Paris bureau chief for The New York Times. She joined The New York Times in January 2007 as a correspondent in Baghdad and covered Iraq and Afghanistan, becoming bureau chief in Baghdad in the fall of 2008, and then moving to Afghanistan in October 2009, becoming bureau chief there a couple of months later.
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