The Globalist

By César Chelala, June 3, 2020

From the pandemic, their hatred of the media and the environment, the parallels between the U.S. and Brazilian presidents are uncanny.

By Stephan Richter and Uwe Bott, June 2, 2020

How Donald Trump has regulated the American public’s right to free speech: Every “Presidential” speech is a campaign event. Protest not allowed.

By Alton Frye, May 31, 2020

Should we as Christians support an egocentric president who seeks to rally support by dividing Americans into enemy camps?

By James M. Dorsey and Tehmina Qureshi, May 30, 2020

What Donald Trump and ultra-conservative Pakistani imams have in common.

By The Globalist, May 29, 2020

A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring the Hong Kong protests.

By Philip Bowring, May 28, 2020

The current protests show that Hong Kongers aren’t just interested in money, and mainland elites worry that Hong Kong won’t remain a separate territory where they can safely store their money.

By Stephan Richter, May 28, 2020

The far too liberal use of deadly force by police in a conservative country.

By Martyna B. Linartas, May 27, 2020

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro isn’t the only powerful politician in Latin America who is challenging fate with his management style for the pandemic.

By Denis MacShane, May 26, 2020

Dominic Cummings, die-hard Brexiteer and UK sovereignty fetishist, is now part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s problems -- and no longer a solution.

By Frank Vogl, May 25, 2020

Argentina has defaulted on its debts, again. Will the IMF and investors be merciful?

By Robert D. Atkinson, May 25, 2020

As long as the Wall Street triumphalists’ unreflected “why worry?” thinking remains the norm, the urgently needed pursuit of a U.S. economic reform agenda will go nowhere.

By The Globalist, May 22, 2020

A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring what China leads the world in.

By Tom Clifford, May 20, 2020

For the first time since Mao passed away in 1976, China does not expect tomorrow to be better than today.

By Jacob Kirkegaard, May 19, 2020

In the twilight of her career, will the German chancellor manage to produce a grand European compromise between the Northern “frugals” and the Southerners?

By George R. Tyler, May 18, 2020

The COVID 19 pandemic is highlighting U.S. shareholder capitalism’s gross inequities.