Securitizing Foreign Economic Policy: Globalization and U.S. Presidential Campaign Rhetoric

• In Event: Globalization and the Rise of Populist Politics in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

Analyzing U.S. presidential campaign speeches, we show how candidates reframe economic ties with China as security threats, adapting their rhetoric to local vulnerabilities to globalization using large language model–based text analysis.

Authors

• Jonas Geus, University of Munich (LMU)

• Paul Binder, University of Munich (LMU)