Opposing Political Views Emerge in Face of Real, Imagined Threats

At home and abroad, politics is increasingly revolving around one fundamental question: are nations more likely to achieve prosperity and security by building bridges to the outside world—or by erecting walls against it?

The dilemma is playing out in the U.S. with the rise of Donald Trump. In Europe, it’s embodied by the gains of nativist parties across the continent (headlined by the growth of the National Front led by Marine Le Pen in France); and by the referendum expected next summer in Great Britain on withdraw­ing from the European Union. CONT.

Ronald Brownstein, National Journal

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