The Globalist

With a new French President at her side, Merkel feels invigorated again. She even feels a sense of destiny regarding Europe.

Macron’s victory really is a positive signal for the European Union’s future — especially viewed in context against the American union.

Populists movements will continue to win elections because there is something profoundly wrong with modern capitalism.

It’s not a foregone conclusion that Germany always has the upper hand economically over France.

The U.S. President reflects on why Germans must be made to pay for all the wrongs they inflicted on the United States.

U.S. pressure on China to “do something” about North Korea results from the Trump team’s lack of regional knowledge.

American worker’s prosperity depends on it.

Pope Francis is shining a spotlight on complex battles for the soul of Islam as well as the survival of autocracy in the Middle East and North Africa.

The United States and China both cozying up to Saudi Arabia (and irritating Iran) could mean global trouble.

How the U.S. government constantly cozies up to Saudi Arabia.