The Globalist

By Kenneth Courtis, July 16, 2018

Trump’s tweet-based badgering of the Saudis to increase production will not ease pressures resting on the global oil market. High time to do a reality check.

By The Globalist, July 15, 2018

Far from being a unique phenomenon, Trump actually shares striking characteristics with a host of historical figures.

By The Globalist, July 13, 2018

It isn’t just about Angela Merkel or Trump’s general misogyny. The current U.S. President’s negative attitude toward Germany is rooted in his grandfather’s murky personal biography.

By Jonathan Fiawoo, July 12, 2018

African countries lose more than $50 billion each year to illegal financial outflows, mostly through tax avoidance and evasion.

By Stephan Richter and Uwe Bott, July 11, 2018

The events near Chang Rai powerfully underscore that a “global community” very much exists – and that it can have very positive effects on the lives and well-being of people.

By Holger Schmieding, July 10, 2018

What Europe earns by selling goods to the U.S., it spends on licensing fees for U.S. technology and on U.S. services. Nothing unfair here.

By Stephan Richter and Uwe Bott, July 9, 2018

The German government should not need any exhortations from the U.S. President to raise its level of defense spending.

By The Globalist, July 8, 2018

An unusually complicated web of existing policy and lobby influences keep governments from forging ahead.

By The Globalist, July 7, 2018

Experts say consumers are still eating too much added sugar each day.

By The Globalist, July 7, 2018

They dominate dietary research and policymaking, making public health adjustments challenging.

By Frank Vogl, July 5, 2018

The Binyamin and Donald show threatens to undermine, perhaps irredeemably, the institutions of democracy in Israel and the United States.

By Carl Bindenagel, July 4, 2018

Justice Kennedy’s retirement will only worsen the trend of the U.S. Supreme Court serving as a political wing of the Republican Party.

By Kevin P. Gallagher, July 3, 2018

As China’s example shows, a country needs to invest in its future prosperity. Tariffs and tax cuts are no way to get there.

By Joshua Kurlantzick, July 2, 2018

Malaysia achieved an impressive democratic victory. Just don’t expect its success to spread to the rest of Southeast Asia.

By The Globalist, July 1, 2018

How the United States ended up with one of the highest numbers of time zones for a single country.