Stephan Richter

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

Draining the Swamp: Trump. Biden. Warren

Why the Democratic Party needs a course correction.

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Tom Cruise, John McCain and Impeaching Donald Trump

Can the Republican Party save itself? The entire world is waiting for the Republicans’ Tom Cruise (aka Lt. Kaffee) moment.

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Why 9/11 Was No Radical Break With American History

As tragic as September 11 was, could it have triggered a return to the American past?

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Central Bank Bosses as Lackeys?

How Trump and Erdogan are like twin brothers.

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We Are All Denmark!

A property king’s guide to U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century.

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Will the Germans Take Trump Back?

Here is why the Germans should be receptive to the idea of Trump’s self-deportation to his ancestral land.

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Go Back, Donald Trump. Your Ancestral Country Needs You!

In endlessly going after the “squad” of four Congresswomen, Donald Trump has made the case for his self-deportation – to Germany!

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Margrethe Vestager: What Could Have Been

Why it’s right that neither Weber nor Timmermans get the nod to run the European Commission.

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May and Nahles: Two Convenient Whipping “Boys”

Women in Europe are still rarely the leaders of well-known parties. Now, the two most prominent of them could possibly leave the political top level in the same week.

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Political Courage Compared: US Vs. Turkey

Why is standing up to one-man rule and presidential nepotism actively pursued among AK Party grandees in Turkey, but not by Republicans in the U.S.?

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