NEW YORK CITY: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” It’s time to quote W. B. Yeats’ famous poem again. But this time, it really does seem that the political center is under intense pressure -- from left and right -- all over the Western world.

In Britain, David Cameron’s center-right government faces a revolt over his country’s membership in the European Union. In Germany, Angela Merkel’s broad left-right coalition is being battered for her handling of migration.

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