Stephan Richter

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

The U.S. Healthcare Debate: Still Catching Up to Bismarck

Will U.S. leaders finally strike the same bargain that Germany's arch-conservative leader pulled off back in 1883?

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The New BSE Syndrome

Has the United States fallen victim to another BSE syndrome, this time in the political sphere?

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Lula, Not Bernanke, for the U.S. Fed

How would Brazilian President Lula make a better U.S. Federal Reserve chairman than Ben Bernanke?

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Princelings, Inc.

What really unites the United States and Japan in their current doldrums?

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America’s “Lost Decade” Is Already Behind It

Could it be that America’s “lost decade” is already behind it?

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After Copenhagen: The Future of Globalism

Are we at an impasse where the road to global agreement is clogged indefinitely?

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The Decade of the Double Zeroes

How will the current decade be described in history books?

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Dateline Turkey: Outsourcing and U.S. Foreign Policy

What mindsets define the relationship between Turkey and the United States?

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Why Afghanistan Is Lost

Will 30,000 additional U.S. troops help President Obama turn the tide in Afghanistan?

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Americanism and Globalism: Joined at the Hip

Is globalism an inherently anti-American concept? Nothing could be further from the truth.

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