Evidence that Russia has used social media to spread fake news is emerging in Britain and Europe, in addition to the United States. Writers for Project Syndicate explore the origins and scope of the threat to democratic countries, and examine possible remedies.
Dec 23, 2016 urges Europe to strengthen its defenses against Russian electoral meddling, before it's too late.
Jan 3, 2017 predicts that divisiveness and scandal will consume the new administration from its first day.
Jan 6, 2017 asks whether the time has come to resurrect the offense of criminal libel.
Jan 12, 2017 surveys the West's new political terrain – and sees a wilderness of uprooted institutional landmarks.
Jan 17, 2017 points out the duplicity in US allegations of Kremlin meddling in America's presidential election.
May 9, 2017 says that Russia's use of cyber technology for information warfare is disruptive, not attractive.
China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.
Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.
Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.
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