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December 2016

The Best of 2016

Our Top Picks From Print and Web

20 Articles

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20 Articles

Table of Contents

Introduction

Fareed Zakaria on populism; John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt on offshore balancing; and Mark Blyth on global Trumpism; and much more.

I

The Best of Print

January/February 2016

January/February 2016

Equality and American Democracy

Why Politics Trumps Economics

March/April 2016

March/April 2016

Fight or Flight

America’s Choice in the Middle East

Kenneth M. Pollack

Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics

Putin Returns to the Historical Pattern

Making America Great Again

The Case for the Mixed Economy

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

July/August 2016

July/August 2016

The End of the Old Israel

How Netanyahu Has Transformed the Nation

July/August 2016

July/August 2016

The Case for Offshore Balancing

A Superior U.S. Grand Strategy

John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt

July/August 2016

July/August 2016

The Truth About Trade

What Critics Get Wrong About the Global Economy

Douglas A. Irwin

November/December 2016

November/December 2016

France’s Next Revolution?

A Conversation With Marine Le Pen

November/December 2016

November/December 2016

Populism on the March

Why the West Is in Trouble

November/December 2016

November/December 2016

Populism Is Not Fascism

But It Could Be a Harbinger

II

The Best of Web

Wealthier World, Poorer Nation

The Problem With the Rise of the Rest

Lone Wolves No More

How ISIS’ European Cells Really Operate

Jytte Klausen and Alexandra Johnson

Watching American Democracy in China

Liberals and Conservatives After Trump

The Apocalypse in U.S. Political Thought

Trump Isn’t the First—And He Won’t be the Last

August 22, 2016

August 22, 2016

America’s Misguided LGBT Policy

How the United States Hurts Those It Tries to Help

August 30, 2016

August 30, 2016

Debunking Microenergy

The Future Lies With Urbanization

Ted Nordhaus, Shaiyra Devi, and Alex Trembath

September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016

The New Dictators

Why Personalism Rules

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz, and Joseph Wright

October 10, 2016

October 10, 2016

A Westphalian Peace for the Middle East

Why an Old Framework Could Work

Michael Axworthy and Patrick Milton

November 7, 2016

November 7, 2016

A Tale of Two Statues

Putin, Stalin, and Russia’s Bloody Past

Alexander Baunov

November 15, 2016

November 15, 2016

Global Trumpism

Why Trump’s Victory Was 30 Years in the Making and Why It Won’t Stop Here

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