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Broken politics: from 9/11 to the present

The years since 9/11 have cast a dark shadow over global politics in many respects. But we have the option of recalling where the pursuit of authoritarianism leads.

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Destruction of the once rebel-held Salaheddine neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria, January, 2017. Hassan Ammar/Press Association. All rights reserved.

The inauguration of President Trump, the separation of the UK from the European Union, the rise of the populist right across the US and Europe, and the political clamp down in Turkey imposed by President Erdogan, are among countless signs that the postwar liberal order, established after 1945, has begun to collapse.