Since the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and the election of US President Donald Trump in 2016, a consensus has emerged that populism – the politics of "us versus them" – is on the rise. But that term does not capture what is really at stake in national and regional elections around the world this year.
LONDON – Is populism still on the rise? That question will be looming over elections in Israel, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Spain, and the European Union over the next two months. Yet it will be misplaced, for the real contest is between nationalism and internationalism. […]
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