Ira Straus, Author at The Globalist

Donald Trump: King of Global Trade?

By Ira Straus, October 9, 2018 in EconoMatters, Rethinking America

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

Columbus Day: Remembering the Start of Globalization

By Ira Straus, October 8, 2018 in Future of Globalization

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

Trump and the Minimum Wage: How to Trade with Mexico

By Ira Straus, September 13, 2018 in EconoMatters, Rethinking America

The Trump trade deal with Mexico is, in a smaller way for now, another of those rare Nixon in China moments. It has the potential to alter the arc of contemporary history.

A Preview of Donald Trump’s Next Speech on Erdogan’s Turkey

By Ira Straus, August 27, 2018 in Global HotSpots

Reflections on how to Make Turkey Great Again.

Is Erdogan a Leninist?

By Ira Straus, August 29, 2016 in Global HotSpots

The devious art of categorizing all political enemies as “terrorists”

Turkey’s Totalitarian Democracy

By Ira Straus, August 28, 2016 in Global HotSpots

Reflections on the emerging totalitarian form of Islamic democracy.

Why the United States and the West Can’t Win With Turkey

By Stephan Richter and Ira Straus, August 18, 2016 in Global Pairings, Richter Scale

Examining the perfectly closed loops of circular Islamist thinking.

The Optical Illusion of Western Decline (Part II)

By Ira Straus, November 8, 2011 in Globalist Analysis

Why is the false narrative of Western decline so persistent?

Toward a Pacific-Oriented America? (Part I)

By Ira Straus, November 7, 2011 in Globalist Analysis

Is the United States really shifting from an Atlantic to an Asia-Pacific orientation?

Default and the Sectarian Temptation: America’s Achilles’ Heel

By Ira Straus, August 4, 2011 in Globalist Analysis

How has sectarianism caused the United States to run suicidal risks — repeatedly and unnecessarily?