The Globalist

Is the West underestimating the value of the trust that the UN enjoys in the hearts and minds of the rest of the world’s population?

Could such sensitive issues as Muslim relations, maritime activities and international investments tip the United States and China into greater enmity?

Is China’s purported innovation in green technology real — or is it largely a scaling up of current inferior technologies?

What would today’s global economic landscape look like had Nixon not gone to China in 1973?

Where in the world are Chinese leaders looking for inspiration to improve China’s future?

Which civilization will win and which will lose — the one based on fossil fuels or the one based on renewables?

Why is it that U.S. business and society seem less well prepared to tackle a long-term challenge such as climate change?

Why don’t Americans let themselves be spurred to stimulate their competitive juices when they look at China?

Can optimism be a substitute for doing really hard work? Or is it just a very transparent excuse for a cop-out on climate change?

Is the United States’ anti-regulation stance undermining its global power position?