The Globalist

By Julia Watson, September 5, 2021

Butter’s history, its troubled path to the present – plus a recipe for buttery shortbread.

By James M. Dorsey, September 3, 2021

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify the Gulf’s security options. Are Russia and China alternatives?

By César Chelala, August 28, 2021

Enmeshing itself in unnecessary wars has weakened the United States considerably, both materially and in terms of international prestige.

By Branko Milanovic, August 26, 2021

A tale of gas and oil, opium and hypocrisy: If climate activists are unable to convince the richest country in the world of the benefits of climate control, how do they plan to convince Mexico, Nigeria or Russia?

By J.D. Bindenagel, August 24, 2021

Reflections on the need to guard against the false prophets of making hay out of the current situation by effectively doing China’s bidding inside Europe, especially inside Germany.

By Jeff Faux, August 23, 2021

Unless the U.S. can accept a more modest role in a multipolar world, more Afghanistan-type misadventures are inevitable.

By Jonathan Gil Harris, August 13, 2021

Tracing my mother’s journey from Warsaw to New Zealand via Palestine.

By Ayesha Kajee, August 9, 2021

Domestic peace at long last? Sudan's fraught path to the ICC in The Hague.

By Julia Watson, August 7, 2021

Plus: A recipe for Southeast Asian bumbu sauce

By James M. Dorsey, August 6, 2021

Afghanistan could emerge as a venue for Middle Eastern rivalries.

By David Apgar, August 4, 2021

The Republican Party is utterly unprepared for the hard realities of relative U.S. decline vis-à-vis China.

By Pallavi Aiyar, August 2, 2021

Explaining one of the world’s most unique culinary traditions.

By Geetika Jain, August 1, 2021

Like the world’s dwindling forests, the stars at night are also in danger of disappearing.

By César Chelala, July 31, 2021

The sorrow, regret and guilt at the death of a sibling hit émigrés hard.

By Gurjit Singh, July 29, 2021

The EU’s foreign policy approaches to Iran and Afghanistan demonstrate the challenges for the world’s middle powers.