Three years after British voters opted to exit the European Union, Tory populist Boris Johnson steps in as Prime Minister and pledges to get it done in three months. Contributor Bill Moloney assesses his chances.
Can national sovereignty survive in the rapidly globalizing 21st century? Contributor Bill Moloney sees a roadmap in the work of two little-known scholars, Dani Rodrik and Christophe Guilluy.
Donald Trump in Washington and Emmanuel Macron in Paris gained their respective presidencies by reading the political disruptions of globalization more shrewdly than most leaders in the West, writes contributor Bill Moloney—but since taking power, their policies and polling have diverged sharply.
The political turmoil besetting Merkel in Germany, Macron in France, May in the UK, and Trump in the US has a common denominator, says contributor Bill Moloney. Voters don’t like the old “new” global order.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s fantasy of a post-national world where Europe and America go separate ways will only discredit him, predicts contributor Bill Moloney.