Come Jan. 20, President-elect Donald J. Trump will start carrying out his agenda. How does he expect to turn his promises into policy? Do his plans make sense? If not, what should he do? Finally, given the political realities of Washington, what’s most likely to happen? What he says he’ll do: Trump promises to pull the U.S. from last …

  There is no gainsaying the fact that globalization has produced many economic benefits and free trade has spurred global prosperity. However, of late, protectionism is taking over economic liberalization and has triggered a rising concern in emerging economies. Leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Lima expressed wariness about the peril that protectionism poses to global economy. …

Stories of shady Russian influence abounded during the U.S. election campaign, but the evidence in them was often sketchy and the eventual benefits to Russia questionable. The European Union, for its part, is dealing with a scandal in which both the Russian connection and the gain for the Kremlin are far less nebulous. On May 18, EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger …