Orbis Fall 2019

Orbis
Fall 2019
Volume 63
Number 4

Editor’s Corner Fall 2019

Mackubin Thomas Owens

Research Articles

Benjamin Franklin and the Crisis of the British Empire

Walter A. McDougall

Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent: Another Battle in the Long War over Autonomy, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

Jacques deLisle

Combatting the Belt and Road Initiative Beyond 2019

Thomas J. Shattuck

Redefining American Security Interests in Europe

John R. Haines

Electoral Politics, Party Polarization, and Arms Control: New START in Historical Perspective

Carrie A. Lee

Confronting the Pandemic Superthreat of Climate Change and Urbanization

Kenneth L. Meyer

The Paradox of Great Powers: Allies and Force in Montesquieu’s Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline

Jakub Grygiel

In Review

Predicting Economic Booms in Japan and China

Chris Miller

The Power of the News Media in Germany and Beyond

Philipp Stelzel