How Important are (Political) Institutions?

MIT economist Daron Acemoglu on the importance of civil society

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/18/we-are-the-last-defense-against-trump-institutions/

Are We There Yet? Time for Checks and Balances on New Institutionalism by Murat Iyigun

http://ftp.iza.org/dp6934.pdf

Related:

Stephen Walt on American Foreign Policy and the International Order

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/25/americas-new-president-is-not-a-rational-actor/

Roger Cohen: The Closing of Trump’s America

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/the-closing-of-trumps-america.html