2016 will be remembered for two watershed moments: the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union and the United States elected Donald Trump as its 45th President.
In both cases, many awoke to a result they didn't expect.
But much has already been said of why this has happened, no doubt much more will follow.
One simple truth stands out: it was the youth that lost in the vote.
In the UK 62 percent of the people under 44 years old voted in favour of remaining i...
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Nancy Okail is Executive is director of Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Washington DC, Koert Debeuf is director of Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Europe.