A fan cheers for U.S. tennis players in the men’s doubles gold medal match during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Patriotic coverage helps forge the Olympics’ sense of community, weaving viewers’ lives together with athletes’ struggles and triumphs.
Volunteers of the Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh take part in a march in Chennai, India, on April 26 2023.
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Modi has resorted to overtly Islamophobic language as he looks to secure a third term in office.
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The Chinese Communist Party has inadvertently given the country’s nationalist movement influence that it’s struggling to contain.
Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, speaks during the National Conservatism conference in Brussels on April 16, 2024.
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Trying to silence the radical right isn’t the way forward. Not only is it likely to backfire, it will probably galvanize the movement’s leaders.
Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.
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Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, arrives at the seat of government in Buenos Aires, accompanied by his sister Karina, on Dec. 10, 2023.
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Some aspects of Argentine President Javier Milei’s programme resemble the far right, but others do not. Without excluding him from this movement, we should recognize there are differences.
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Xi’s New Year address wasn’t about threatening Taiwan – there’s more going on than we think.
AfD supporters celebrate a win in Bavaria.
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Gains in Bavaria and Hesse mark new territory for a radical-right party that once only really enjoyed support in one region.
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi speaks in parliament.
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Buthelezi should not be dismissed as a mere stooge during apartheid. Yet, he deserves little praise as an advocate for human rights and civil liberties.
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It might sound like difficult terrain, but ideas of nationhood can be progressive as well as regressive, and could help bind Australians ahead of the Voice referendum.
Donald Trump, left, and Harry Truman: Two former presidents who had different ideas about nationalism and patriotism.
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Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.
The stage of the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
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2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
Erdoğan has led Turkey for 20 years. Will he be elected for five more?
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There’s a lot at stake in the May 14 presidential election. Will Turkey continue to be ruled by a populist Islamist government or return to a path of secular democratization?
People wait at a bus stop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.
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Two religiously observant groups of Jews in Israel, the ultra-Orthodox and Religious Zionists, are increasingly acting as political allies. The consequences could be profound.
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The hero of Cervantes’ classic 17th century novel has been sorely misrepresented since the early 20th century as a symbol of nationalist and Islamophobic ideas.
Split soccer loyalties?
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As the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a scholar probes questions of identity in the American game. Is Mexico really the US’s ‘other team’?
Will the midterm elections help gauge support for Christian nationalist ideas?
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Christian nationalist ideas are about more than simply being religious and patriotic. They form a worldview about how the nation should be structured and who belongs there.
Founding editor of Meanjin, Clem Christesen (1911–2003).
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In Emperors in Lilliput, Jim Davidson examines legacy of Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith.
Conservative Party of Québec leader Éric Duhaime speaks at the unveiling of his campaign platform in Drummondville on Aug. 14, 2022. Quebecers will go to the polls on Oct. 3.
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Where do the Conservative Party of Québec and its leader, Éric Duhaime, a newcomer on the political scene, fit in?
Action flick Wolf Warrior II is one of China’s most commercially successful films ever.
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China is seen as Africa’s saviour and friend in the film - which is still full of racist stereotypes.