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Europe and the Arab World in the 21st Century
Does more unite the Arab world and Europe than divides them?
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How does China need to change its educational institutions and patent policies to help foster innovation?
Egypt and the Global Oil Market: Geopolitics Is Back
Markets are extraordinarily bad at getting political risk right — and the Egypt crisis is no exception.
Will Egypt Today Share the Fate of Turkey in 1911?
Why are the parallels between Cairo today and Constantinople a century ago all too obvious and disturbing?
The Globalist’s Top Features on the Middle East
Our top ten recent features on the Middle East paint a nuanced portrait of the world’s most volatile region.
U.S. Debt Should Be Downgraded to Below Japan’s
Why is Japan’s ability to pay down its debt much stronger than the United States’?
The Seven Global Economic Spheres of 2020
What will the world’s economic landscape look like in 2020?
A Look Back at the Original “Sputnik Moment”
How did the United States rise to meet the challenge posed by Sputnik?























