The Globalist

Germany’s SPD has long seen Macron as a beacon of hope. But his stance on migration policy will greatly frustrate them – and rob Angela Merkel of her European cover.

Trump aims for the total destruction of the established order, including all alliance partnerships the United States ever entered into.

However hard they try, U.S. presidents lack the power of a French president to transform their nation.

German hopes for the football tournament in Russia appear way overblown.

The new Italian government seems keen to play blame games – and pursuing economic solutions that have already failed conclusively in the past.

Why are Republicans siding with Trump’s trade war? Is it because they are dead-set against the European economic model which seeks social balance?

The most pivotal insight for the post-American world order is that the pursuit of economic self-interest and self-preservation go hand in hand, whether at the national, regional or global level.

Why the world must hope for a positive continuation of the Korean rapprochement.

Nobody should underrate the role played by corruption and the Samsung Group in the sudden moves in both Koreas.

Britain appears to be abandoning core virtues – its ability to be ruthlessly wedded to a realistic pragmatism and its relentless pursuit of its own commercial advantage.