The Globalist

To get real, Americans must urgently rethink many modern mythologies they hold dear.

Franz Ferdinand envisaged a reconstruction of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Could it have worked?

The U.S. Supreme Court chips away at the separation between church and state.

How Republicans and their cynical allies deal with America’s real problems.

The Germans did not have an overseas empire in the 18th century. How did they still become a global force in trade, science, religion and exploration?

How might environmentalists try to hang their hats on ending gender discrimination?

According to the former UK prime minister, what needs to be done to revive the Western economies?

How has globalization affected how Europe’s richest man does business?

What does Singapore’s finance minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, think about the future of the global economy?

Did America lose Egypt? Or did China — and what China represents — gain Egypt?