Since the turn of the millennium, the trend toward greater democracy has started to reverse itself, giving strongmen like Russian President Vladimir Putin room to rise.
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In the wake of America's withdrawal from both the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and the Paris Accord on climate change, to say nothing of Washington's alienation of NATO allies, there lurks a mix of fear, bafflement, anger… and opportunity. Isn't there a little more room on the world stage now that one of its major players has shuffled off into the wings?...