Nationalist Backlash Against Foreign Climate Shaming

Spektor, Matias; Mignozzetti, Umberto Guarnier; Fasolin, Guilherme N.

doi:10.1162/glep_a_00644

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“…Many academics and pundits see the antiglobalist foreign policy of Jair Bolsonaro as the most controversial in history (Spektor, 2019; Spektor and Fasolin, 2018; Chagas-Bastos and Franzoni, 2019; Casarões and Flemes, 2019, Guimarães and Silva, 2021). Former diplomats have criticized Bolsonaro's personality, suggesting that his foreign policy expresses his worst traits.…”

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Conspiracy Theories and Foreign Policy Narratives: Globalism in Jair Bolsonaro’s Foreign Policy

Guimarães¹,

Moreira²,

Silva³

et al. 2023

Latin American Perspectives

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An analysis of more than 2,000 speeches and social media posts on foreign policy issues from four members of Jair Bolsonaro’s government from January 2019 to December 2020 suggests that a conspiracy theory called “globalism,” which explains current events using a series of intrigues and stratagems carried out by fictitious enemies to undermine the national order, has not only taken root in Brazil’s foreign policy narrative but consistently been used over time by the cabinet members responsible for that policy. It also indicates that the use of “globalism” is not just a political strategy to persuade voters but a worldview embedded in Bolsonaro’s far-right cabinet. Uma análise de mais de 2.000 discursos e posts provenientes de redes sociais sobre questões da política externa do Brasil por quatro membros do gabinete do governo de Jair Bolsonaro de janeiro de 2019 a dezembro de 2020 indica que a teoria de conspiração denominada “globalismo,” que explica atualidades em termos de uma série de intrigas e estratégias implementadas por inimigos fictícios para minar a ordem nacional, não se arreigou apenas na narrativa exibida na política exterior brasileira mas também se utilizou há anos pelos mesmos membros do gabinete que são responsáveis por sua elaboração. Isso significa que o uso do “globalismo” não é só uma estratégia política para convencer eleitores mas é também uma visão do mundo que é enraizada no gabinete de Bolsonaro cuja origem reside na extreme direita.

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confidence: 99%

Conspiracy Theories and Foreign Policy Narratives: Globalism in Jair Bolsonaro’s Foreign Policy

Guimarães¹,

Moreira²,

Silva³

et al. 2023

Latin American Perspectives

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“…10 Climate activists also seek to transform populist movements into popular‐democratic and emancipatory movements (Knuth, 2019; McCarthy, 2019), though the success of such politicization cannot be taken for granted (Marquardt & Lederer, 2022). For example, the evidence from behavioral laboratory experiments shows that nationalism blunts public responses to foreign climate shaming (Spektor et al, 2022). Ridanpää (2022) argues that “carbon footprint nationalism,” that is, a sense of nationalistic pride in reducing individual carbon footprints, may prove counter‐productive, as it may simply displace energy‐intensive production of commodities and services to other countries.…”

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Climate nationalisms: Beyond the binaries of good and bad nationalism

Kashwan

Liu

Das

2022

WIREs Climate Change

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Climate nationalism has attracted renewed interest among scholars and analysts of international climate politics, security studies, and international relations more broadly. However, the most prominent arguments about climate nationalism follow a storyline of “good nationalism” or “bad nationalism”—a “positive civic nationalism” versus a “destructive ethnic nationalism.” In this article, we review these debates by drawing on prominent strands of scholarship on climate nationalism, mapped onto three key aspects: climate securitization, political populism, and Civic nationalism. To further ground our review in real‐world politics outside of the United States and Western Europe, we offer a snapshot of climate nationalism narratives deployed by political elites in three large countries in the Asia‐Pacific: Australia, India, and China. Our review shows that considering the multiscalar, multisectoral, and global scope of climate action, it may be futile to look for a conclusive answer to the question of whether nationalism is good or bad for fostering effective and enduring transformations suitable for a climate‐changed world. Instead, we recommend a research agenda focused on investigating the myriad ways in which political and economic elites fuse discourses of nationalism with various aspects of climate politics and climate action. A proper understanding of elite interests, discourses, and strategies, in ways that account for varied national and regional political and economic contexts, we argue is crucial for a fuller understanding of how narratives of nationalism may affect climate action. This article is categorized under: The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Policies, Instruments, Lifestyles, Behavior Policy and Governance > Multilevel and Transnational Climate Change Governance Climate and Development > Knowledge and Action in Development Policy and Governance > National Climate Change Policy

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“…20.Bailey 2008; Gruffydd-Jones 2019; Spektor, Mignozzetti, and Fasolin 2022; Terman 2019; Zhou 2016.…”

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The Diplomacy of Whataboutism and US Foreign Policy Attitudes

Chow,

Levin

2024

Int Org

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Does whataboutism work in global affairs? When states face international criticism, they often respond with whataboutism: accusing their critics of similar faults. Despite its prevalence in policy discussions, whataboutism remains an understudied influence strategy. This study investigates how states use whataboutism to shape American public opinion across various international issues. We find, using survey experiments, that whataboutism mitigates the negative impacts of criticism by reducing public approval of US positions and backing for punitive actions. Whataboutist critiques referencing similar, recent misdeeds have more power to shape opinions. However, the identity of the whataboutist state does not significantly affect effectiveness. US counter-messaging often fails to diminish the effects of whataboutism. These results show that whataboutism can be a potent rhetorical tool in international relations and that it warrants greater attention from international relations scholars.

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Nationalist Backlash Against Foreign Climate Shaming

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Conspiracy Theories and Foreign Policy Narratives: Globalism in Jair Bolsonaro’s Foreign Policy

Conspiracy Theories and Foreign Policy Narratives: Globalism in Jair Bolsonaro’s Foreign Policy

Climate nationalisms: Beyond the binaries of good and bad nationalism

The Diplomacy of Whataboutism and US Foreign Policy Attitudes

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