I don't think nationalism is necessarily hawkish, indicative of survival responses or desperation. I think a little bit of nationalism is a comfort to those par

I don't think nationalism is necessarily hawkish, indicative of survival responses or desperation. I think a little bit of nationalism is a comfort to those participating in it, as indicative of their faith in the wellbeing and character of their compatriots. Especially after a mostly-successful period of global trade marked by a recession, the new nationalism feels a little bit more like the spirit of buying locally, and seeing your neighbors at the market. A person can take pride in their self without feeling a need to do violence to neighbors; why shouldn't nations be the same? If you're happy in your nation, you want that others in the nation be happy too, as (with tolerance) you abide the same laws and, while economic inequality declines, mostly have access to similar resources. You also want that these others are able to contribute to the economy without coercion into dangerous or objectionable trades, which means more light industry and less tolerance for what the President calls "dumping." That isn't so much a hawkish impulse as the desire to decline a gift which seems too generous, if you will. Especially after successful global trade and the burgeoning pride in items manufactured locally with global materials, I don't foresee a return to solitary autarchic superpowers. If anything the tendency I'd predict would be more trade in raw materials, and more local labor by those who would once purchase import products, like a kit car economy. 3D printing and stuff are a part of this too. I can't claim to see the future but that's my opinion on what I'm seeing.