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Chaos theory in power

Most revolutionaries have some idea of a replacement for the institutions they topple. And, surely, some in Donald Trump’s orbit do. (For a good summary, see the just-published summary of this agenda, by David Graham, The Project: How…

The elusive Concert of Powers

The idea never loses its appeal. Yet its time never seems to arrive. Ever since the definitive collapse of the 19th century Concert of Europe in 1914, statesmen and commentators have proposed something similar: an informal association of…