weekend roundup

We don’t know what Trump will do in power. But we do know how he got there.
While Asia embraces globalization, the popular tide turns against it in the West.
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.
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.