Week signals: Back on the mainland

Plus: watch points for Russia, China, the US, Central Asia, and Hungary.

Guiana, the Mainland, the Antilles, and New Spain, Louis Brion de la Tour, 1786, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, New York Public Library, New York.

Hello,

In this week’s edition of Week Signals:

• IN REVIEW. Eternal wars, eternal questions; the opiate of foreign policy; compellence and coercion.

• UP AHEAD. Russia and China; elections in America…