PS. Explain This: Populism
Introducing PS. Explains, a new series on the day's most relevant concepts and issues. In this first video, our editor describes populism, in two minutes.
A toxic mix of mutual distrust and rising nationalism – with Taiwan the immediate flash point – has brought Sino-American relations to their lowest point in decades. While neither China nor the United States appears to want a military conflict, we asked PS commentators whether the two powers might nonetheless stumble into one.