Nationalism

Abiy Ahmed depends on the support of ethnic Amhara leaders and militias whose goal is to reconquer what they consider lost territories—from Tigray to Sudan.

Loyalist fears that Boris Johnson is abandoning them have sparked a wave of violence that could endanger the Good Friday Agreement.

The unquestioned assumption that some groups are more “patriotic” leads to dangerous security risks.

The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.

The World Health Organization’s chief argues that hoarding vaccines isn’t just immoral—it’s medically self-defeating.

The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.

The current conflict is the latest battle in a long-running war over the country’s identity as a unitary or federal state. The United States can restore its credibility as an honest broker by helping resolve it.

Western and regional powers are more divided than they were during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, but they can still exert influence to prevent the fragmentation of Ethiopia’s federal system.

Missing in the current U.S. debate on China is the question of Asian nationalism and how the United States could profitably align with it.

China’s rise has pushed Silicon Valley away from the values it once claimed to hold.

Even as they struggle to control the pandemic, governments should move quickly to reopen borders instead of giving in to xenophobia, nationalism, and illusions of autarky.

Nationalist media and pandemic fears have caused hatred to go viral.

The new national security measures won’t be the end of Beijing’s belligerence.

The pandemic has provided fresh opportunity for Hindu nationalists to beat down an already disadvantaged minority group.

A February gathering in Rome outlined a muddled vision for the future, claiming the mantle of Ronald Reagan and St. John Paul II while indulging the far-right.

For Indian Muslims forced from their homes by mob violence, not even displaced persons camps can protect them now.

The outbreak has been a gift to nativist nationalists and protectionists, and it is likely to have a long-term impact on the free movement of people and goods.

As protests against a new citizenship law sweep the country, signs that the authorities are condoning and even instigating violence have India’s Muslims alarmed.

After decades of militant radicalism, Sinn Fein won last week’s elections by moving toward the mainstream.

“Jai Shri Ram” was meant to be a celebration of a Hindu deity. But the phrase is turning into hate speech—and a dog whistle for attacks on Muslims.