From Trump to Merkel: how the world is divided between fear and openness | Ulrich Speck

The Republican candidate and German chancellor are polar opposites in the key struggle of our age Two major concepts define the political struggle in the west today. One can be termed "globalism", which is currently most prominently represented by the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. The other is "territorialism", a view that the very likely Republican candidate for the US elections in November, Donald Trump, represents. At the core of the debate is the meaning of borders: should they be porous...