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FALL 2020 PLUS: HOW TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY by Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath The Most Important Election. Ever. The perils of a long transition. by Timothy Naftali How to prevent foreign interference. by Elisabeth Braw by Michael Hirsh DISCOVER HOW ARCTIC WARMING WILL RESHAPE THE WORLD The new Arctic Competition Power Map by FP Analytics delivers critical insights into the race for resources and influence in the region—and where risks and opportunities lie for you and your business. Get access only with foreignpolicy.com/fpinsider contents Cover illustration by ANDREA VENTURA; top illustration by NICOLÁS ORTEGA; above illustration by LORENZO PETRANTONI 027 A Perilous Handoff The transition of power between presidents has long been a weakness of the U.S. political system. But never more so than now. By Timothy Naftali 031 The Real Hacking Threat It doesn’t matter if Russia actually sways the vote. What matters is whether Americans think it did. By Elisabeth Braw 020 The Most Important Election in History Why the fate of the American republic— and the world—could depend on what happens on Nov. 3. By Michael Hirsh 034 Emerging Stronger From the Great Lockdown The managing director and the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund lay out a strategy for sustained recovery. By Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath FOREIGNPOLICY.COM 1 2 FALL 2020 contents insights 006 Don’t Believe the Hype. Wealth Taxes Are Nothing New. DEBUNKER | They have a long history, but few countries have gotten them right. By Ibrahim Khan 009 The Steady Erasure of Dissent PROFILE | One of the few remaining scholars openly standing against Xi Jinping is a reformist, not a revolutionary. By Michael Rowand arguments 011 The Year the Music Died Eight experts predict the future of entertainment, culture, and sports after the pandemic. 015 Let’s Make Women’s Power Culturally Acceptable Twenty-five years on from the Beijing Platform, the world must ensure that women can claim their rights in practice. By Rachel Vogelstein and Jennifer Klein 018 Why France Should Stop Worshipping Voltaire The celebrated philosopher spread darkness, not enlightenment. The recent removal of his statue in Paris was long overdue. By Nabila Ramdani 096 Books in Brief Recent releases on U.S. isolationism, the future of energy, and China’s new Silk Road. By Keith Johnson 104 A World in Counterfeit ARTIFACT | After they mastered their territories, rulers wanted to master crafts, too. By Lucian Staiano-Daniels features 038 The End of Hope in the Middle East The region has always had problems—but it’s now almost past the point of recovery. By Steven A. Cook 046 Why Europe Wins Everyone writes off the European Union as dull and prone to fracture. But the last decade shows that Brussels is smarter than Beijing, London, Moscow, and Washington. By Andrew Moravcsik reviews 083 Feeling Like an Outcast The bestselling book Caste frames racial hierarchies in the United States but largely ignores the horrors of India’s caste structure. By Yashica Dutt 086 How Turkey’s Soft Power Conquered Pakistan The TV drama Ertugrul feeds nostalgia for an Islamic superpower in a country that struggles with both Saudi and Western influence. By Fatima Bhutto 090 We’re Not in East Berlin Anymore Anne Applebaum wants to understand rising illiberalism but is clinging to a Cold War moral framework that no longer applies. By Ivan Krastev 093 Persian Yearnings The TV spy thriller Tehran captivates Israelis amid a normalization of relations with erstwhile enemies. By Jonathan H. 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