The Globalist

Making personal loyalty the measure of all government, as Donald Trump does, was tried in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.

Putin rules like a Czar, deeply conservative, fearful of unrest, placing stability above all else.

What happened when China was eclipsed by the rise of neighboring Japan?

How does the emergence of China look through the prism of a Westerner’s life?

In its blind effort to reinvent Poland’s past, the current government turns former employees of the country’s security services into scapegoats.

The U.S. and China may seem completely out of step – but face many of the same challenges.

Communist censorship kept Sgt. Pepper away from the ears of people behind the iron curtain.

The Soviet Union was Russia’s most inspiring claim to Russia’s identity.

Can Russia’s recent history be explained through a vodka glass?

Why are some of Europe’s pro-American elites now wondering whether they got it wrong?