The Globalist

Imagine it is 1970 — and still there is no peace or reconciliation between France and Germany. Fast forward to the present and consider the situation in the West Balkans.

The weaker Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at home politically, the longer the list of the Turkish President’s transgressions gets.

To save our democracies from rising levels of frustration, we need more citizen councils.

One has to doubt that France’s new prime minister, Jean Castex, will pursue many reforms ahead of 2022.

Has Putin’s Russia of 2020 been foreshadowed by Russian novels, in a mixture of wicked satire and genuine tragedy?

Facing ever shakier voter support, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may finally be ready to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

After the Corona pandemic, French firms’ management teams have great difficulty convincing their employees … to return to the office.

With regard to the EU’s own financial resources, Europe is taking another page from U.S. financial history.

Vodka addiction has had a devastating effect on Russians’ health, the country’s economy and social fabric for centuries.

Dominic Cummings, die-hard Brexiteer and UK sovereignty fetishist, is now part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s problems — and no longer a solution.