Flash Points: Donald Trump is making the world safe for dictators and Poland was never as democratic as it looked

For 100 years, the United States has championed democracies around the world. Trump is about to undo this pillar of American security and decency. If you have problems viewing this email, [view it in a browser.] Please feel free to [forward it to a friend]. [Foreign Policy] FLASH POINTS Highlights from [Foreign Policy] [SUBSCRIBE TO FP] Follow Us: Wednesday, January 4, 2017 [Donald Trump: Making the World Safe for Dictators] [Donald Trump: Making the World Safe for Dictators] by James Traub For 100 years, the United States has championed democracies around the world. Trump is about to undo this pillar of American security and decency. [MORE] [Poland Was Never as Democratic as It Looked] Argument [Poland Was Never as Democratic as It Looked] by Seán Hanely and James Dawson The EU’s membership conditions only dressed up illiberal societies in democrats' clothing. Now we’re seeing the fallout. [MORE] [Merkel Should Beware Bavarians, Not Populists] Argument [Merkel Should Beware Bavarians, Not Populists] by David Clay Large The terror attack in Berlin has rekindled the civil war between northern Germany and the land of lederhosen and Oktoberfest. [MORE] [How France’s Fight With Islam Became a Bestseller] Argument [How France’s Fight With Islam Became a Bestseller] by Emma-Kate Symons David Thomson was one of the first to declare religion a part of the problem in France’s war on terror. Now he’s become the country’s hottest intellectual. [MORE] [Reporting Behind Enemy Lines in Mosul] Dispatch [Reporting Behind Enemy Lines in Mosul] by David Kenner Omar al-Jubory believed the world needed to know what life was like under the Islamic State. He barely got out alive. [MORE] [Voices] VOICES [Why We Should Remain Optimistic in 2017] DAVID ROTHKOPF [The Best Worst Quotes of 2016] MICAH ZENKO [The U.N. Has Great Potential for Trump!] SUZANNE NOSSEL [If Trump Can Figure Out How to Pay for $1 Trillion of New Nukes, God Bless Him] JEFFREY LEWIS [The World Can Have Peace and Prosperity, If It Wants] STEPHEN M. WALT [The End of the End of the Cold War] JULIA IOFFE [GALLERIES] GALLERIES [The Year in Photos] by FP Staff [The Year in Photos] [The Last Days of the Soviet Union] by Kavitha Surana and Ruby Mellen [The Last Days of the Soviet Union] This email was sent to [{EMAIL}] by fp@foreignpolicy.com. [UPDATE PROFILE] [UNSUBSCRIBE] [PRIVACY POLICY] [ADVERTISE] [GROUP SALES AND LICENSING] Foreign Policy Magazine is published by the FP Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents ©2017 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 11 DUPONT CIRCLE NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 20036