New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Resurgent right-wing politics and 'ubiquitous hyper-nationalist politics' have been global phenomena that have taken different forms of governance into their folds. The case of India and China can be two contrasting examples of the rise of such hyper-nationalism. The case of the United States will also be discussed.

Nationalism has deeply influenced media narratives in the recent conflict between India and China, where the governance structure is fundamentally different. India is the world's largest parliamentary democracy, and China symbolises one-party totalitarianism, where the Communist Party is the world's largest political party. While the electoral promise of social and economic upliftment in the world's larg...