“America’s New Normal?” Webinar Resources

Thank you for attending the “America’s New Normal? Populist Nationalism and Polarization in the United States” webinar held on October 13, 2020. USCET is pleased to offer valuable resources pertaining to Nationalism, Polarization, and Populism to further your understanding of these subjects.

Nationalism: Are the US and Chinese Versions Identical?

Chen, Rou-Lan. “Trends in Economic Inequality and Its Impact on Chinese Nationalism.” Journal of Contemporary China. Volume 29, Issue 121. 2020.

Weiss, Jessica Chen. “How Hawkish is the Chinese Public? Another Look at ‘Rising Nationalism’ and Chinese Foreign Policy.” Journal of Contemporary China, Volume 28, Issue 119. 2019.

Zhong, Yang and Wonjae Hwang. “Why Do Chinese Democrats Tend to Be More Nationalistic? Explaining Popular Nationalism in Urban China.” Journal of Contemporary China, Volume 29, Issue 121. 2020.

We thank The Journal of Contemporary China for making these articles available to participants in our webinar.

Additional Recommended Readings

Books:
Jon Meacham, The Soul of America; The Battle for our Better Angels. An important look at a series of crises in America’s national history, leaving to the reader the consideration of American political behavior at present in the context of longer American patterns of behavior.
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Articles:
Walter Russell Mead, “The Jacksonian Revolt: American Populism and the Liberal Order.” Foreign Policy.

William J. Burns, “The United States Needs a New Foreign Policy.” The Atlantic.

Thomas Carothers, “Is Democracy The Problem?” Carnegie Endowment.

Stephen M. Walt, “You Can’t Defeat Nationalism, So Stop Trying.” Foreign Policy.

Thomas Carothers and Andrew O’Donohue, “How Americans Were Driven to Extremes.” Carnegie Endowment.

William Reinsch, “Changing the Future Part I.” Center for Strategic and International Studies.

William Reinsch, “Charting the Future, Part II.” Center for Strategic and International Studies.

William Reinsch, “Changing the Future, Part III.” Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Ryan Hass, “Lessons from the Trump Administration’s Policy Experiment on China,” Working Paper, Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations.

Jessica Chen Weiss, “No, China and the U.S. aren’t locked in an ideological battle. Not even close.” Washington Post.