In the most recent decade, the European Union has shown itself to be less robust than globalists imagined. Globalists believed that supranationality was weatherproof – that it would always outperform national alternatives and would survive adversity. Economic stagnation and Brexit belied these...

Introduction -- Red communism -- Politics in command -- Mao Zedong -- White communism -- Markets -- Xi Jinping -- Great debate -- Red versus white -- Liberal versus illiberal -- Beyond communism -- Liberal democracy -- Globalism -- Confucius -- Choosing sides -- Prospects