The Globalist

A real-life guide to the befuddling world of Chinese naming conventions.

Beards can be acts of masculine messaging. Narendra Modi is using his beard for identity politics.

A lifelong globalist and globe-trotting journalist joins The Globalist as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and lays out her vision.

Why Maradona’s life and death has reverberated throughout the world.

Beyond containing the COVID 19 virus, we must also contain the “infodemic” — the glut of misinformation from various sources. What does that take?

For centuries, scientific and technological prowess — or lack thereof — is what has separated global winners and losers.

Europe keeps dithering on the global stage. Even the French and the Germans can’t fake consensus anymore.

The elections have made Canadian politics more complex: It is now chess — not checkers.

As Canada heads into elections, the vote still seems distributed in a way that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will ultimately return to power, perhaps in a minority government.

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birthday, we ask why Mahatma Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.