Watching and Waiting

The year 2016 felt like a year “on alert,” “on pause” and both. Global unrest, an increase in nationalism, a year-long bitter election process in the United States, millions of migrants and refugees worldwide,¹ Britain’s surprising vote to leave the European Union (Brexit) and, at the end of the year, the United States electing a completely new type of leader all contributed to an anxious year generally around the world.