Cities are the primary reception point for migrants and refugees, and also the potential antidote to the reactionary nationalism that threatens to close borders.
Globalization cannot be stopped, yet we can do a much better job dealing with its consequences by addressing the needs of those most adversely affected.
Global cities are products of a liberal world order that is under threat from the rise of populist nationalism, protectionism, and growing authoritarianism.
Global Insight
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Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg
As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.
President Trump should tackle the problem of job dislocation broadly by building a larger retraining system in sectors where the US possesses a comparative advantage.
Trump's historical victory shows that elections have more to do with identity politics than with traditional criteria used to judge political candidates.