The Globalist

By Heinrich Arnold, October 20, 2018

Implications of radical technological change for a European path to digital transformation.

By Denis MacShane, October 18, 2018

Alexis Tsipras admired Hugo Chavez. Then he became Greece’s Prime Minister. Now, he’s Washington’s good friend.

By Ursula Engelen-Kefer, October 17, 2018

Establishing a European Unemployment Reinsurance Fund carries the risk that it might be used to circumvent unpopular national-level decisions on structural reforms.

By James M. Dorsey, October 15, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is showing traits which Iraq’s Saddam Hussein had previously put on display.

By Holger Schmieding, October 15, 2018

The centre-right CSU and the centre-left SPD lost the state election in Bavaria. This spells some trouble for Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU-SPD coalition in Berlin.

By Philip Bowring, October 14, 2018

Hong Kong is increasingly subject to the demands of the boss in Beijing.

By César Chelala, October 13, 2018

How to deal with the problem of violence in children and adolescents.

By Aykan Erdemir, October 12, 2018

Turkey's anger over possible Saudi role in Khashoggi disappearance rings hollow.

By James M. Dorsey, October 11, 2018

The fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi threatens to upend the fundaments of fault lines in the Middle East.

By Stephan Richter and Bill Humphrey, October 11, 2018

Should the Democratic Party be fortunate enough to rise to power again, the question arises: What will they do with it?

By Stephan Richter and Bill Humphrey, October 10, 2018

Why Republicans will be in power even after Democratic Party voting gains.

By Stephan Richter and Bill Humphrey, October 9, 2018

It will take future Democrats large majorities, luck and sustained effort to undo the national and global damage imposed by the Trump administration.

By Ira Straus, October 9, 2018

With Canada and Mexico in the bag, Europe and the Pacific are the next places for Trump to take his trade show.

By Jack Turner, October 8, 2018

In the history of globalization, what was more successful -- Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas, or Vasco da Gama's discovery of India?

By Ira Straus, October 8, 2018

The train of globalization left the station when Columbus reached the Americas. It will never go back.