The Globalist

The area under cultivation is approaching the size of the smallest U.S. state.

Despite U.S. elimination efforts since the 2001 invasion, production of the drug crop is much higher.

Opium is an ever-larger source of funds and legitimacy for the once anti-drug Afghan insurgency.

The ten best books on key global issues we presented on The Globalist Bookshelf this year.

Stephan Richter, editor-in-chief of the Globalist, talked with David Brancaccio, host of NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report, about the aftermath of the Berlin Christmas market attack.

Stephan Richter interviewed by David Brancaccio on the future of security in Germany.

The debate over “globalism” in the age of Trump.

A collection of The Globalist’s top features on Cuba and Fidel Castro

The Globalist’s analysis of the rise of Trump, as it happened.

Kurdish separatists have once again revived armed struggle in Iran too. Who are they?