The US midterm elections reflect a deeper struggle over identity, exposing the limits of liberal globalization and the divisions reshaping the Western world
The US midterm elections have attracted worldwide attention, and understandably so, because although America’s influence on international affairs is declining, it remains considerable, and decisions made by American voters affect people far beyond the US.
Yet the most significant developments are taking place within America itself, as its fierce political struggles reflect profound social and political changes. Immigration, trade, and the stability of the international system all play a part, but the underlying causes are overwhelmingly domestic.
This illustrates one of the paradoxes of our interconnected world as the distinction between domestic and foreign affairs is becoming increasingly blurred.
The two were never entirely separated, but nevertheless, sovereign states, particularly large countries, once enjoyed a degree of insulation from external pressures. Today, maintaining that separation is almost impossible, and the rest of the world obviously can no longer insulate itself from political developments within major powers.
This is one of the enduring legacies of liberal globalization, which dominated the period from the 1980s to the 2010s.
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