January 3, 2011

This double issue opened 2011 with Matthew Continetti's examination of how the Great Depression of the 1930s offered lessons for understanding contemporary economic and geopolitical crises. The cover featured a historical photograph of Japanese troops invading Manchuria in September 1931, drawing parallels between that era of global instability and modern challenges. Noemie Emery contributed analysis of Democratic political strategies and their unintended consequences.