[NEWS] Four geopolitics links: democracy, Trump and China, India and Pakistan, western Balkans

[rfmcdonald]

• The suggestion by David Moscrop, at MacLean's, that between the rise of authoritarian China and the Trump ascendancy in the US, liberal democracy may face particular peril this year seems worryingly plausible.


• Evan Osnos at The New Yorker looks at how the savvy Chinese government is taking advantage of Trump's incapacities.


• This DefenseOne essay arguing that India is facing a point where it is unable to defeat Pakistan in conventional battle is worth noting.


• This B92 essay arguing that the European Union should make special provisions for the western Balkans to avoid their protracted decay outside of the Union convinces me, at least.

Comments

[robby]

It's foolish to suggest a communist dictatorship and an American President are somehow equivalent. Be careful that the massive, steaming piles of leftist politics that you consume don't brainwash you.

[rfmcdonald]

MacLean's is not a left-wing magazine, and Trump is not harmless.

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