International instability can unify factions within a nation while internal instability divides them

Evidence

For example, following Allport, we anticipate that whereas internal instability is likely to generate antagonism between groups within a nation, international instability may foster recategorization at the national level that leads to more inclusive ingroup representations (Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000) and to more harmonious internal relations. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1517 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

There are no movements without hatred of the state, and this was virtually unknown to the German Pan-Germans in the relative stability of pre-war Germany. The movements originated in Austria-Hungary, where hatred of the state was an expression of patriotism for the oppressed nationalities and where the parties—with the exception of the Social Demo cratic Party (next to the Christian-Social Party the only one sincerely loyal to Austria)—were formed along national, and not along class lines. This was possible because economic and national interests were almost identical here and because economic and social status depended largely on nationality; nationalism, therefore, which had been a unifying force in the nation-states, here became at once a principle of internal disruption, which resulted in a decisive difference in the structure of the parties as compared with those of nation-states. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 651 (#complicates, via linked claim)

America or internationally might energize local groups to identify and galvanize prospects for themselves, as Michael Hanchard has demonstrated. Local alliances whether within or across marginalized groups might be bolstered by seeking out these broader relations, might even become politically insurgent and make a bid for power themselves (as with Bolivia recently). Ethnoracial cross-alliances might form the basis of a class mobilization, as in Venezuela, with visible material effects. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1202 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Societies oscillate between containment and crisis rather than remaining closed monoliths. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 52; Political conflict unfolds across nested domestic and international arenas.; International threats unify a nation while internal instability divides it — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1517 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• International threats unify a nation while internal instability divides it #corroborates (0.97) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1517
• Nationalism in multinational empires disrupts internally instead of unifying as in nation-states #complicates (0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 651
• International connections can energize local ethnoracial organizing and insurgency #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1202
• Multi-national states without a dominant ethnic core proved unstable in interwar Europe #complicates (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2490
• Inter-civilizational conflicts escalate while intra-civilizational ones stay contained #complicates (0.73) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 43
• National identities can become negatively interdependent and zero-sum #complicates (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1123