--- title: Brazil, Brexit, Donald Trump—The Fall Foreign Policy Stories description: While this summer was quieter than last on foreign policy, issues like Brexit, ISIS and Donald Trump will dominate the headlines this fall canonical: https://time.com/4476764/foreign-policy-stories-turkey-isis-china/ author: Ian Bremmer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-01T20:17:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:56.623Z article:section: World og:title: Brazil, Brexit, Donald Trump—The Fall Foreign Policy Stories og:description: While this summer was quieter than last on foreign policy, issues like Brexit, ISIS and Donald Trump will dominate the headlines this fall og:url: https://time.com/4476764/foreign-policy-stories-turkey-isis-china/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968b0b921fadb6a7/6988a49de20a873b39a92412/gettyimages-598315382.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Opening ceremony of new judicial year in Ankara og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brazil, Brexit, Donald Trump—The Fall Foreign Policy Stories twitter:description: While this summer was quieter than last on foreign policy, issues like Brexit, ISIS and Donald Trump will dominate the headlines this fall twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968b0b921fadb6a7/6988a49de20a873b39a92412/gettyimages-598315382.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the 5 Big Foreign Policy Stories for the Fall (1 Sep 2016) > Sponsored content. 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[Watch (HLS stream): A Hollow Alliance?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6U1hyYdy.m3u8) (3:20)  _Published 2016-06-15. Ian Bremmer and Karl Guttenberg discuss the state of relations between the United States and Europe._  by [Ian Bremmer](https://time.com/author/ian-bremmer/)  ## Ian Bremmer Sep 1, 2016 8:17 PM UTC  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of new judicial year at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on Sept. 1, 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of new judicial year at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on Sept. 1, 2016. Yasin Bulbul—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images  by [Ian Bremmer](https://time.com/author/ian-bremmer/)  ## Ian Bremmer Sep 1, 2016 8:17 PM UTC Say this for the summer of 2016: at least [Russia](http://time.com/4475613/putins-pilgrimage/) didn’t invade anywhere. These are the [geopolitical stories](http://time.com/4180507/geopolitics-big-picture/) to pay attention to this fall. It’s your back-to-school edition of 5 Facts. **1\. Turkey, Syria and the Middle East** Aside from [Brexit](http://time.com/4468116/brexit-britain-economy-recession-sales-bank/)—more on that below—the most serious geopolitical developments of the summer [centered on Turkey](http://time.com/4470162/turkey-syria-kurds-isis/). Turns out that failed coups can be almost as destabilizing as successful ones. Since the attempt, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has imprisoned, detained or otherwise punished more than 40,000 individuals and cracked down further on free speech. The government announced it would release nearly one-fifth of its current prison population, apparently to make room for the new arrivals. **Read More:** [**These 5 Facts Show Things in the U.S. Aren’t as Bad as They Seem**](http://time.com/4466035/5-facts-terrorism-immigration-crime-economy/) On top of the domestic upheaval, Turkey is in an impossible geopolitical position—and it’s not getting better anytime soon. Turkey has become ground zero for both ISIS terrorism and the Syrian refugee crisis, housing 2.7 million refugees at last count. And while some progress has been made against ISIS—the jihadi group has lost 40 percent of the territory it held in Iraq and 10-20 percent of its territory in Syria—it continues to pose a considerable threat both at home and abroad. That spells trouble for Turkey and the entire Middle East. ([New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/europe/turkey-prisoners-erdogan.html?%5Fr=0), [UNHCR](http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=224), [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27838034)) **2\. Brexit Fallout** The ongoing Syria tangle also spells trouble for Europe. It may feel like Europe is in trouble every year, but now that Brexit is officially coming, it’s truer than ever. As British officials try to decipher what Brexit actually means to them, deliberations will drag well into the fall and beyond. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has no plans to trigger Article 50, the official mechanism to begin exit proceedings, until 2017. It’s clear that Brexit will have very real costs for the British economy when it finally comes to pass. But the intervening uncertainty is a boon to Eurosceptic and nationalist parties—like France’s Front National and Germany’s Alternative fur Deutschland—that point to the referendum as proof there’s life after the E.U. Both countries have national elections upcoming in 2017\. Also pay attention to Austria, which is getting ready to rerun presidential elections in a month and is expected to elect the E.U.’s first far-right leader ever; polls show Norbert Hofer winning by a 53 to 47 percent margin. ([Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election-farright-idUSKCN1140QQ)) **Read More:** [**These 5 Facts Explain Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Evolution**](http://time.com/4429021/hillary-clinton-foreign-policy-platform/) **3\. China** It was a relatively sleepy summer for China, especially compared to last summer’s stock market roller coaster. But things are getting serious as the country gears up for its 19th Party Congress, scheduled for the fall of 2017\. Xi Jinping is widely expected to stick around for a second stint as president after his term ends next year, but five of the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee—the ultimate decision makers in the country—are set to be replaced. Leadership transitions always bring a certain amount of risk, but China’s is compounded by slowing economic growth. China’s slowdown is admittedly by design, as Beijing transitions from its breakneck manufacturing-based economy to a more sustainable consumption-oriented one. But a plunge in private investments has already seriously unnerved central government authorities, according to reports. All the while, Xi’s anticorruption push is picking up steam as he consolidates power. It has had an impact, with more than 750,000 individuals swept up in corruption investigations over the last three years. The fight over slowing growth will only get more challenging. And given the size and global connectedness of China’s economy, the ripple effects will be felt widely. ([The Economist](http://www.economist.com/news/china/21693948-legislators-will-soon-meet-discuss-new-five-year-economic-plan-chinas-leaders-are-more), [Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-xi-jinping-puts-loyalty-to-the-test-at-congress-1456853257)) **Read More:** [**These 5 Facts Explain the Decline of Once-Dominant Parties like South Africa’s ANC**](http://time.com/4441329/south-africa-african-national-congress-election-analysis/) **4\. Brazil** As the afterglow following the Rio Olympics fades, the ugly politics have begun to set in for Latin America’s former economic powerhouse. Dilma Rousseff was impeached and formally kicked out of office this week, bringing to an end this particular chapter of Brazilian politics. But corruption in Brazilian politics isn’t going anywhere. After all, of the 81 senators who ultimately determined Rousseff’s fate, 45 have been convicted or investigated for serious crimes themselves.The same is true of 273 (out of the 513 total) members of the lower house of Congress. Rousseff’s ouster will do little to change the corrupt climate. Her successor and former vice president Michel Temer has been convicted of corrupt electioneering himself, and is actually prohibited from running for office for the next eight years. All this as the Brazilian economy stumbles and government debt soars. ([Quartz](http://qz.com/770206/more-than-half-the-lawmakers-impeaching-brazils-president-have-been-either-convicted-or-investigated-themselves/), [Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/4/13/11416578/brazil-petrobras-rousseff-impeachment)) **5\. U.S. Elections** And then, of course, there are the U.S. elections. Given Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Mexico this week, its nearly impossible to predict all the twists and turns that await the American electorate between now and election day on Nov. 8\. And while the polls show a commanding lead for Hillary Clinton at the moment—Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight “Polls-only forecast” gives Clinton a 73.8 percent chance of victory—it’s inevitable that the race will draw tighter as we approach the close. Still, Donald Trump remains a long shot to pull out an actual victory. But his candidacy will play an outsize role in shaping American politics for years to come, from what will be considered acceptable for national politicians to say and do on the campaign trail, to the composition of the Republican Party going forward. It’s going to be an interesting fall. ([FiveThirtyEight](http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex%5Fcid=rrpromo)) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] You and I both think this is the most important relationship in the world. You and I both agree that it's not working. To what extent is the answer that look, the world is just much more multi- polar And we need to accept that as a reality, we need to hedge a lot more. So the Brits are doing the right thing in engaging more with the Chinese. And the Germans are doing the right thing in trying to cut a deal with the Turks. And the French are doing the right thing in saying why do we have sanctions against the Russians. I mean, is that where we're gonna end up? I hope not because if we as Germans, for instance, think we could resolve all these things just by a talk, Coalitions or ad- hoc relationships around the globe on a limited time frame, we are doomed to fail. We are doomed to fail, as well, in regards of our size, our military power, our security structure Structures if you don't align. And the same, honestly, is true for the US. If the United States think that they can tackle the threats of terrorism, if they can tackle the threats of climate change, if they can tackle the threats of cyber security, just by sticking to their own border lines, that's also an illusion. But that won't work. I feel what we lose, we lose value. We lose the fundamental things that brought the Americans and the Europeans together in the first place which was a desire to avoid war, a desire to avoid fascism, a desire to have political institutions, democracy, free markets, the kinds of things that really respected And cherish the citizens that existed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. And I think that even if we end up being able to respond effectively to these big global challenges, we're gonna lose a lot in terms of our people if we don't pay more attention to this. Yes, but on the other hand, we also have to start the debate actually, with looking at the real validity of our values. Is it just one thing we looked at very emotionally in some kind of how it used to be? Or are we strong enough to reassess and also redefine certain things we have achieved? We had a relationship, the United States and Europe, it's like a marriage that's gone on for over half a century, and feel very comfortable with each other. And so it isn't dramatic [ UNKNOWN ] Course over the next ten years, China's gonna be the world's largest economy and when it is, it's gonna be poor, it's still gonna be authoritarian, it's gonna be state capitalist. We need to get this right before then, right? We have to focus on this before it becomes an urgent crisis. Well, that's the point. We have become, let's say, we have cultivated a, let's say, a conundrum of reaction and not any longer of being proactive So forming NATO was a proactive thing at that very point. Is there anything in the security space at the very moment which is proactive? Not at all. The only proactive players are in Beijing. That's right. They are in Moscow. They are there and then one could cynically- And what about on the economic side. Right, yeah. What's happening there? One belt, one road coming out of China. Anyone talking about a martial plan from the Americans and the Europeans right now? The Greeks aren't getting. And one, right? [ LAUGH ] All day that way though. See, you and I after 50 years of marriage. We're taking each other for granted. Taking each other for granted. Even if we're dressing the same. It doesn't matter. It's at least that is a trans atlantic alliance. That is absolutely true. Hey, T. Great to see you. Fantastic man. Good to see you too. 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