民粹主义思潮与美国的新一轮国家转型

Populism and the New Round of American Transformation

民粹主义在美国有深厚的社会、制度和文化基础,并在历史上周期性地兴起,深刻塑造着美国的政治生态和政策取向,成为推动美国国家转型的重要力量。此次特朗普政府上台便与新一轮民粹主义兴起有密切关系,特朗普政府团队及其政策构想也带有明显的民粹特征。无论特朗普政府执政地位如何变化,这股强大的民粹潮流都将持续影响美国政治,成为推动美国新一轮国家转型的重要因素,并标志着一个全新时代的开启。由于一系列原因,此次民粹潮流搅动下的国家转型必然异常艰难曲折,将给美国和整体国际形势带来重大改变。

Populism has a deep social, institutional and cultural foundation in the US and has been revitalized intermittently in history deeply shaping the political pattern and policy orientation of the US and becoming an important force to promote the transformation of America. The Trump govermnent came to power due to the rise of a new round of populism, the Trump government team and its policy concept also has obvious characteristics of populism. Regardless of the change in the ruling position of the Trump government, this strong populist trend will continue to affect American politics and become an important thctor in promoting a new round of US national transformation and marks the opening of a new era. For a number of reasons, the national transformation under the turbulent populist trend is bound to be extremely difficult with twists and turns, and will bring great changes to the US and the overall international situation.