The world is more stable than the news suggestsBut fragility increased in some unexpected places last year according to a new index By THE DATA TEAM 2016 was a dismal year for liberal internationalism. Britain voted to leave the European Union; Donald Trump was elected as America’s president and the grip of authoritarians tightened in China, Russia and Turkey. Despite all efforts to dissuade it, N
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