IDENTITY

n 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American and global institutions were in a state of decay, as the state was captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose econ omic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatens to destabilise the entire international order. These populist nationalists s eek direct charismatic connection to 'the people', who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-...[Read more]