Stephan Richter

Director of the Global Ideas Center, a global network of authors and analysts, and Editor-in-Chief of The Globalist.

The Old King is Dead. Long Live the King!

It’s time to realize that focusing on the horse race aspect of American presidential politics is precluding actual governance.

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Angela Merkel’s True Colors

Is Angela Merkel aiming to be the most successful Social Democratic Chancellor in German history?

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CEO Pay: A Swiss Rebellion

What will be the ramifications of a Swiss referendum on executive compensation?

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Climate Change as Terrorism Against the People

In view of the typhoon in the Philippines, has the United States misplaced its global priorities?

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Nigeria’s “Yes We Can” Minister – A 2013 Portrait

An interview with Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her country’s future path.

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Brazil: An Object of History — or a Subject?

Brazil must act decisively to become a leader or be relegated to an object of history.

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The Case for President Warren

How about a woman in the Oval Office who isn’t Hillary Clinton?

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The United States’ Self-Defeating Gotcha Culture

Congressional hearings on healthcare.gov: show-trials and perils for democracy.

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The Incorrigible Senator McCain

How to promote interventions, from Iraq to Syria, without ever being held accountable.

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United States of Twittermania

Reflections on an IPO and beyond.

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