The Globalist

The world’s two largest democracies are engaged in plenty of unnecessary strife.

Bigger GDPs for other countries in Africa are not a zero-sum game.

Putin is no saint, but he simply revived Russia’s own version of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine.

Looking at Russia’s recent actions in a historical context.

Chinas KP unter Xi Jinping und der Vatikan unter Franziskus stehen vor weitgehend gleichen Governance-Problemen — von Finanz- und Sexskandalen bis hin zum sinkender Gefolgsbereitschaft.

Pope Francis and John Paul II are both transformative figures.

Comparing the agendas and performance of Pope Francis and China’s Xi Jinping.

What Putin learned from the 1989 German revolution — and how he misunderstood it

Germany needs its own Matteo Renzi to prepare the country for the challenges ahead

Putin’s intervention in Crimea re-opens the door to territorial China’s claims on Russia