The Globalist

How did Silvio Berlusconi’s tenure as Italian prime minister resemble some of the more ruthless and business-savvy popes in history?

A hundred years after the peak of Italian immigration to the United States, are there still good reasons to immigrate?

Where does Russia find itself in the world of today? What’s the real balance sheet of the Putin era to date?

Is Europe’s primary goal to fix Greece — or to keep Greece from contaminating the rest of Europe?

Why have fertility rates in East Africa bucked the global trend — and what does this mean for the region’s future?

Why are closer relations with Europe crucial to Ukraine's future?

Italy's political and economic future is just as shaky as it was before — maybe even more so.

What does the economics profession really know about generating economic growth?

Nearly ten years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, how is the country faring?

Do the data suggest that there is any stable relationship between democracy and corruption?