We have a populist coalition in Italy, and Latin America elected its first Northern European style populist in Jair Bolsonaro. Most Latin American populists have been like their southern European counterparts: leftwing, not ethnically exclusive, more economic populists. ..…

Then, in the period between the election and inauguration, event occurred that shaped thinking about Middle East in the minds of Haley and Trump foreign-policy team. . ..…

But while people continued to grow in some Southern European countries, many countries Latin America and some South-East Asia including China and Thailand, not all countries will keep getting taller. ..…