The Globalist

By Stephan Richter, June 23, 2017

America’s much-vaunted checks and balances do not really apply to U.S. foreign policy. That is a big problem.

By James M. Dorsey, June 22, 2017

Prince Mohammed could well prove to be the figure that provides Saudi Arabia with a path to the future. But it is a very big gamble.

By Stephan Richter, June 22, 2017

Donald Trump has no idea that the principal source of support, financial and ideological, that Salafist terrorists use has Saudi Arabia written all over it.

By James M. Dorsey, June 21, 2017

Two competing visions of ensuring regime survival are battling it out in the Gulf.

By Stephan Richter, June 20, 2017

Between two bad actors at odds in the Gulf, the U.S. President has volunteered to take sides. Aiding and abetting Saudi Arabia is dangerous.

By Stephan Richter and Bill Humphrey, June 20, 2017

Qatar makes longer-term investments in religious or ideological factions.

By Frank Vogl, June 18, 2017

America turns its back on the world's starving - will the G20 come to the rescue?

By The Globalist, June 18, 2017

Having met an earlier goal of reducing extreme poverty, can the world end it?

By The Globalist, June 18, 2017

Half of all people living in extreme poverty worldwide reside in sub-Saharan Africa.

By The Globalist, June 18, 2017

How many people worldwide are living on less than $1.90 per day?

By Andrés Ortega, June 18, 2017

With the decline of the middle classes, social classes are back on the global agenda. That is politically dangerous.

By Holger Schmieding, June 17, 2017

Britain's political situation and its long-term economic outlook have become more precarious than they have been at any time since the late 1970s.

By Stephan Richter, June 16, 2017

No U.S. President in recent memory has done more to strengthen Europe’s willingness to work together than Donald Trump.

By The Globalist, June 15, 2017

How many countries, other than the US, have larger economies than Florida?

By The Globalist, June 15, 2017

Which countries have larger economies than the "Lone Star" and "Empire" states?