The Globalist

Using the Islamic lens is the focus of Western analysis when it comes to assessing Indonesia’s political present and future. This limits proper understanding.

The constant bipartisan talk of the “American Dream “ is entirely geared to preserving the material advantages of the country’s rich at the expense of its workers.

Nixon resigned knowing that if he didn’t he would be impeached. It’s hard to imagine Trump ever resigning, no matter what the evidence.

Moldova has made a serious effort to reform itself and break free from Moscow’s sphere of influence. But it needs Western support.

Washington could be hurtling toward a Venezuela-style disaster, thanks to the utter disregard Donald Trump has for any rules of democracy.

Can the leaders of Israel’s political parties for once put the national interest above their party and their lust for power?

Grass-roots interactions may not lay the groundwork for a viable relationship between the U.S. and China – but they can’t hurt.

Why do we tolerate a foreign autocrat dispatching his thugs to our country and challenging our right to free speech and assembly?

How it has taken a political novice in the White House only a year and a half to hollow out the centuries-old system of the U.S. separation of powers.

A German perspective on the global AI race.