China cannot and will not save mid-size American allies from Donald Trump
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Allies may panic; despots will cheer
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy
Allies are planning for a lonelier, harsher world: a report from South Korea
It sees Donald Trump as both symptom and accelerant of the decline
That will be bad for America—and everyone else
