The Globalist

A museum director’s reflections on vexing global issues such as identity, tolerance, conflict and war.

Memories of student activism in a changing New York neighborhood.

This time, it may be Europe – not the United States – that faces the ghosts of the “MS St. Louis.”

The benefits of ending the curious U.S. practice of turning natural allies into mortal enemies: Iran, Cuba, Vietnam.

Today’s refugee crisis imagery echoes the Dutch England-Voyagers and French escapees of World War II

With nothing left to prove on battlefields, Germany can pursue other tasks and strategies.

The remarkable downsides of Britain’s most famous leader.

Churchill is hero, not history, and Britain still lives under his shadow.

A network that once carried gems, spices and silk now carries electronics.

How the Netherlands provided the guidebook for America’s founding.