ABSTRACT
In the last few years, a number of global problems and conditions have caused many people of different political stripes to become anxious, frustrated, and even angry. Consider some of the dramatic and distressing upheavals in the world recently:
■ The unexpected election of Donald Trump as president of the United States; ■ The retreat of democracy, political freedoms, and civil liberties in a number of
countries; ■ War and war crimes in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen; ■ North Korea’s development and testing of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles to
carry nuclear warheads; ■ The worst global refugee crisis since World War II; and nally ■ The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris accord on global climate change.
