In 1914, build up of tensions among countries in the European system and surrounding areas led to the outbreak of World War I. This war, being the bloodiest in history up to that point, caused upwards of 25 million deaths and led to the rise of Nazism, Comintern Cold War along with many other major geopolitical events (Third International). The rising powers of Germany, the US, revolutionary Russia, and the declining supremacies of the United Kingdom, France, and the Ottoman Empire, allowed for an unbalanced international system weighed down with some ominous realities. The ever increasing changes in regime control, economic stability, and military technology can cause this same uncertainty and unbalance that is attributed to possibly being
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Nationalism can be defined as an extreme form of patriotism and loyalty to one’s home country. Most pre-war Europeans believed in the economic, military, and cultural supremacy of their nation. The arrogances and bullishness displayed by citizens and elites also caused a demonization of surrounding countries, which reinforced a notion of menace by other rising powers. The United Kingdom’s nationalism stemmed from a glorious past, superior navy and the prominent expansion of the British Empire. German nationalism was fuelled by the 1871 unification of Germany and a desire for imperial expansion. The Austro Hungarian an Ottoman Empires were losing their hold on their various possessions. Slavic nationalism was increasingly strong in Serbia, for instance. With young rebels joining highly nationalistic rebel groups with a desire for a “Greater Serbia,” these radicals plotted and executed assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914. These booming egos created an atmosphere ripe for conflict (Llewellyn …show more content…
In the US and Europe, this new Nationalism is a bitter populist rejection of the status quo that global elites have imposed on the international system since the Cold War ended, and which lower-income voters have decided is unfair. The Brexit was a clear “we want our country back. “from what appear to be international institutions, open trade and migrants. Donald Trump has signaled his distaste for NATO and the U.S. alliance system around the world while a majority of Britons have rejected one of the greatest unification projects in world history, the EU under the eye of Boris Johnson. The Netherlands, where anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders is demanding a "Nexit" vote is tiring of its traditional openness polices. Hungary, where the increasingly autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sought to emulate Putin and embraced what he calls “a particular, nationalist approach,” declaring: “The new state that we are building in Hungary today is not a liberal state” (Hirsh, 2016). In some of the Western European countries such as France and Austria, the nationalist impulses are disguised as a defense of the liberal Christian West against the Islamic threat. But the unavoidable fact is that many of these European nationalist parties, which have dwelt in obscurity for decades, are now enjoying real legitimacy. In May Norbert Hofer’s
Nationalism can be defined as an extreme form of patriotism and loyalty to one’s home country. Most pre-war Europeans believed in the economic, military, and cultural supremacy of their nation. The arrogances and bullishness displayed by citizens and elites also caused a demonization of surrounding countries, which reinforced a notion of menace by other rising powers. The United Kingdom’s nationalism stemmed from a glorious past, superior navy and the prominent expansion of the British Empire. German nationalism was fuelled by the 1871 unification of Germany and a desire for imperial expansion. The Austro Hungarian an Ottoman Empires were losing their hold on their various possessions. Slavic nationalism was increasingly strong in Serbia, for instance. With young rebels joining highly nationalistic rebel groups with a desire for a “Greater Serbia,” these radicals plotted and executed assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914. These booming egos created an atmosphere ripe for conflict (Llewellyn …show more content…
In the US and Europe, this new Nationalism is a bitter populist rejection of the status quo that global elites have imposed on the international system since the Cold War ended, and which lower-income voters have decided is unfair. The Brexit was a clear “we want our country back. “from what appear to be international institutions, open trade and migrants. Donald Trump has signaled his distaste for NATO and the U.S. alliance system around the world while a majority of Britons have rejected one of the greatest unification projects in world history, the EU under the eye of Boris Johnson. The Netherlands, where anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders is demanding a "Nexit" vote is tiring of its traditional openness polices. Hungary, where the increasingly autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sought to emulate Putin and embraced what he calls “a particular, nationalist approach,” declaring: “The new state that we are building in Hungary today is not a liberal state” (Hirsh, 2016). In some of the Western European countries such as France and Austria, the nationalist impulses are disguised as a defense of the liberal Christian West against the Islamic threat. But the unavoidable fact is that many of these European nationalist parties, which have dwelt in obscurity for decades, are now enjoying real legitimacy. In May Norbert Hofer’s