Good and realistic piece. For additional information and arguments, see: Hans J. Blommestein (ed.), The Reality of International Policy Co-ordination, Elsevier Publishers (1991)
To combat racism, wherever it occurs, is a laudable aim. But singling out anti-Semitism in an executive order, especially when the concept is so intimately linked to views on the state of Israel, is a mistake.
Three recent books demonstrate that there are as many differences between crony-capitalist systems as there are similarities. And while deep-seated corruption is usually associated with autocracies like modern-day Russia, democracies have no reason to assume that they are immune.