The Globalist

While the United States has 0.48% of its population in the military, China has only 0.17%.

Slow growth is already here after decades of economic expansion.

Only 18 countries have more than a 1% share of the world’s total GDP.

The Middle Kingdom sets its eyes on Europe’s eastern half, to get a beachhead into Western Europe.

How China handles drug-resistant tuberculosis will have a big effect on the problem globally.

Russia Pivots to Asia

The SAT bores and tortures students – and has nothing to do with education.

Premiums for health risks could move Asia toward a better habitat, but a tenser trade environment.

The example of the Western world offers only very limited guidance to resolve Asian countries’ domestic conflicts.

Global ironies in Asia’s continuing struggle for national independence, now against China.