[NEWS] Five links about changing world balances

[rfmcdonald]

• The Atlantic notes the chance that China might manage to supplant the United States under Trump as a guarantor of the world order.


• In an older article, The Atlantic noted Mexico's potential to be a spoiler for the United States. Being less wealthy and powerful than the US is not the same as not being wealthy and powerful.


• DW notes that there is the possibility of an entente between China and the EU, to sustain the multilateral order.


• Spiegel Online notes that the Turkey of Erdogan these days is starting to fall out with its NATO partners.


• Open Democracy argues the alienation of Europeans of Turkish background from liberal democracy has roots in Europe.


• Also at Open Democracy, Nick Mullens argues that negatively stereotyping Appalachians leads only to their doubling-down on coal.
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