Donald Trump in power in America. Doug Ford headed that way in Ontario. The alt-right seems ascendant, while liberal democracy is in crisis. Journalists are being demonized as "fake news" at best and "enemies of the people" at worst. Pax Americana faces an assault from within as its leaders openly question and threaten to dismantle the US-backed rules-based order. And it looks like a lot of people want it this way. What on earth is going on?

Interview with Professor Keith Banting, Queen's University.