"... about how, at the turn of the 20th century, a breakdown in globalization, fears about terrorism, a fast-changing economy, and a rise in nationalism led to the First World War."

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It was empire-building, the clash of rapacious empires, a European arms race, and the hubris of imperial kings and empires that were the direct causes of the First World War.
  Those same major global factors, against the specific warnings of FDR and Eisenhower, are what has caused the slow but steady breakdown of the post WWII order and has led to the fascism of President Trump.
  The peace and prosperity Freeland praises has been unequally distributed disproportionately to the wealthiest 10% of the world, while 90% struggles and suffers war and impoverishment.
  The order has broken down under the weight of its own corporate greed, pretensions of democracy and political corruption.