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SPRING 2020 Philippe Legrain on the coronavirus and nativism | Orville Schell on the end of Chimerica Raghuram Rajan on the need to boost local governance | James Crabtree on Britain’s post-Brexit identity crisis | Henry Farrell on the EU in an age of nationalism I S T HI S T HE E ND OF GL OB A L I Z AT ION? Cover illustration by BRIAN STAUFFER/Above illustration by JUSTIN METZ contents 026 The Ugly End of Chimerica The coronavirus pandemic has turned a conscious uncoupling into a messy breakup. By Orville Schell 031 How to Save Global Capitalism From Itself Decentralizing decision-making can help left-behind regions get back on track. By Raghuram Rajan 023 038 Britain’s Post-Brexit Identity Crisis Boris Johnson has contradictory ideas for his country’s future—and no clear paths for getting there. By James Crabtree 044 A Most Lonely Union The EU is a creature of multilateralism. Can it survive in a deglobalized world? By Henry Farrell Will the Coronavirus Kill Globalization? The pandemic is legitimizing nationalists and turning their xenophobia into policy. By Philippe Legrain FOREIGNPOLICY.COM 1 Illustration by MIKE MCQUADE feature 050 Why America Shouldn’t Abandon the Middle East Trump has wrecked a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, causing irreparable damage to the Middle East—and the world order. By Hal Brands, Steven A. Cook, and Kenneth M. Pollack contents insights 006 Hindi Fighting Words Jai Shri Ram was meant to celebrate a Hindu god. But the phrase has turned into a code for attacking India’s Muslims. By Snigdha Poonam arguments 009 After the Coronavirus The pandemic has already disrupted the world. We asked 12 leading global thinkers to predict what happens next. 014 Trump Is Pushing Israel Toward Apartheid Most Israelis hate their country being compared to South Africa, but the deal of the century could make it a reality. By Alon Liel 016 First Suleimani, Then the Potemkin Proxies Why the United States should broaden the fight against countries that use local militias to do their dirty work. By Svante E. Cornell and Brenda Shaffer reviews 075 War Movies After War TV shows like Occupied and Blackout Country give viewers a sense of life in a world of grayzone conflicts. By Elisabeth Braw 078 Dismantling the World’s Largest Democracy A new book recounts the inspiring story of how India’s constitution introduced democracy to people who had never experienced it before. Those freedoms are now in jeopardy. By Sonia Faleiro 082 The Tyranny of Property Thomas Piketty’s new book argues that rising inequality is explained by politics, not economics, and offers some radical solutions. By Keith Johnson 086 Books in Brief Recent releases on Chinese industrial espionage, the dissent channel in American diplomacy, and British anti-colonialism. 088 A Train to Nowhere Hovertrains were meant to revolutionize British transport. But they never arrived. 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