US: Any Real Checks and Balances Left?

Republicans have severely damaged many once-respected institutions, even before President-elect Trump came onto the scene.

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Trump Inherits the Surveillance State

Resisting the damage of the Trump Administration will be made very difficult.

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Suspicious Iranian Dealings Could Imperil Nuclear Agreement

Will new intelligence undermine Iran’s nuclear pact with the West — even before Donald Trump has a chance to scrap it?

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Lessons for the World from Trump’s Win

An emerging market perspective on a presumed American cataclysm.

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Smoke Chokes Delhi as Modi Reforms the Currency

Delhi pollution problem aggravates and India’s Prime Minister just took the most radical decision ever to attack corruption.

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(Sorry) We Told You So

The Globalist’s analysis of the rise of Trump, as it happened.

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An Economic Score Card for the UK: 10 Theses

Why Brexit will make an already shaky economic record even worse.

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Egypt’s Al-Sisi Under Pressure

Egypt’s president promises change, but does he really mean it?

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The Two Clintons: De Facto Republicans

Why some Republicans are about to put one of their own in the White House: Hillary Clinton.

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The Italian-German Banking Disease

Economically, Italy and Germany seem worlds apart. Why then are the two countries’ banks both facing a deep crisis?

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