Don ' t talk about yourself like that . That ' s not nice . <| sep |> The Arab Spring seems popular in action , but I don ' t think the movements are populist ideologically . It ' s like the French revolution to me yes the actions are defending the populace , but the movement is a series of complex responses to various historically grounded governmental issues , not a singular political movement . I also just don ' t like populism as a term . It ' s very mushy , even academically , and can usually be replaced by nationalism . True populism seeks for the average citizen to have literal policy making power , which is really rare if only due to logistics . Nationalism is much more in line with Make AmericaGreeceFranceetc great again ! rhetoric . More in the spirit of your question though I don ' t think we can predict a lot about western nationalism moving forward , since the nature of trade and communication has evolved substantially over the past 20 years , let alone the past 100 . There ' s also been a semiglobal shift away from autocracy , due to the instability of leaders with complete control . I think it ' s most likely future conflicts will be due to civil rights issues , rather than a n a tionalistpopulistmanifest destinystyle clashes of powers . While that may sound a little grim , the bright side is that civil issues don ' t tend to involve the use of WMD ' s .