In her recent unsuccessful campaign during France’s regional elections, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, argued repeatedly that international politics is increasingly pitting nationalists against globalists. In this respect, if few others, Mrs Le Pen is correct. All over the world, globalisation is under challenge from resurgent nationalist forces. One of the great political challenges of the coming year will be to defend the benefits of globalisation — while fending off the arguments of nationalists such as Mrs Le Pen, Donald Trump in the US and his new admirer, President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
參加法國地區選舉、但未獲成功的極右翼黨派國民陣線(National Front)領導人馬琳•勒龐(Marine Le Pen,上圖)屢次辯稱，國際政治日益讓民族主義者與全球主義者對立起來。就這一點（如果還有其他方面，也是很少的）而言，勒龐是正確的。在世界各地，全球化正遭遇復興的民族主義力量的挑戰。新一年裏艱鉅的政治挑戰之一將是捍衛全球化成果，同時駁斥勒龐、美國的唐納•川普(Donald Trump)及其新的仰慕者俄羅斯總統弗拉迪米爾•普丁(Vladimir Putin)等民族主義者的觀點。