The Globalist

With the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko staining its global reputation, can Ukraine find a way out of its political purgatory?

Can Russia’s liberal movement find a leader who can connect with ordinary Russians?

How will Shenzhen managing its growth as it becomes even more deeply entwined with the neighboring metropolis of Hong Kong?

Do Americans still do justice to the ideals of individualism that Alexis de Tocqueville believed were embodied by U.S. society?

Will the explosion of data be to the 21st-century economy what electricity was to the 19th?

We already have technologies and policies in place to tackle 50% of the climate challenge. What is the best strategy to get the rest?

Is Africa in danger of giving up its abundant natural resources and still losing the economic development game?

How did the United States end up with an empire — and how is that responsibility handicapping the country’s future?

How will the outcome of the French presidential election influence the fate of Europe’s monetary union?

Where are the leaders of today who have a vision of where to take the world over the next 50 years?