Stephan Richter

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

Tackling Iraq or Abandoning Nuclear Energy? U.S. and German Adventurism Compared

Germany is abandoning nuclear energy. What can the world learn from this type of “adventurism”?

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BRICS: Add "T" for Turkey

How has Turkey’s prime minister succeeded in modernizing his country?

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Angela Merkel and German Foreign Policy

Are Germany’s recent foreign policy missteps evidence of a new neo-isolationist tendency?

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Pawlenty’s Reach and the 2012 Surprise

From Barack Obama’s perspective, could Tim Pawlenty turn out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

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Social Media and the Revival of American Democracy

How could Facebook, YouTube and Twitter help to limit the role of money in U.S. politics?

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Washington Is As Dysfunctional As U.S. Relations With Pakistan

How is the U.S.-Pakistan relationship reminiscent of that between Democrats and Republicans?

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The End of American Centrality

Why are world-shaping events increasingly passing the United States by?

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Message from Singapore: When the West Is No Longer in Control

What does Singapore’s finance minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, think about the future of the global economy?

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Gordon Brown Vs. Larry Summers: Battle of Global Economic Titans

Is Gordon Brown a credible candidate to lead the IMF in the future?

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U.S. Cultural Bias and New Economic Thinking

Does the embrace of American exceptionalism nix the prospect of new economic thinking emerging from the United States?

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