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With Donald Trump in office, Xi Jinping will become the foremost proponent of an open global economy and the battle against climate change.

Fake news and hacking highlight a troubled democratic discourse.

A search for identity amid the swell of anonymous forces from globalization to technology drove this year’s anti-elite political upheaval.

His $1 trillion infrastructure effort could join up with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to build a “solar border.”

The blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel could spell the beginning of the end for a union with open borders.

We are seeing “old tactics with new tools” ― but this time turned against America.

A disconnect has emerged between authority and influence, between the established platforms of informed public debate and the sway of social media.

Our Thought Leaders Index maps which thinkers and sites are the most influential on the web.

But it all ends badly. History has not absolved the personalist rule of Fidel Castro or any of the others who took the populist path to power.

What is remarkable is not that it happened, but that it took so long.

A Trump administration can’t stop globalization, but it can diminish America’s role in governing it.

By decreasing tensions with China and Russia, the U.S. could prevent the two powers from aligning against the West.

The “Great Reaction” that propelled Donald Trump to the White House is not just another turn of the electoral cycle, but an indication of a system in crisis.

Something is profoundly wrong if spewing out insulting tweets can pave the way to the doorstep of the White House.

“While once social media was seen as a liberating means to speak truth to power, now the issue is how to speak truth to social media.”
