The Globalist

Is Russia in breach of the 1986 INF Treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, agreed by Reagan and Gorbachev? This would be dangerous.

The Turkish President only knows one loyalty — to himself. Little wonder Erdogan acts like a congenital flamethrower in international relations.

How Viktor Orban rides the populist wave against Muslim “invaders.”

Russia has been stigmatized as ghoul no. 2 in the American chamber of horrors. That is an act of escapism that conveniently removes China from much-needed public attention.

On the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation, faith in the fundamental dogmas of the Western world is again faltering.

Is the role of the Pentagon and its former brass under Trump similar to the former KGB in post-Soviet Russia?

A lucrative source of state revenue feels the squeeze.

What does history teach us about the real prospects of closer Turkish relations with Russia and Iran?

The dynamic between White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and President Trump harkens back to the Yeltsin-Putin dynamic of the late 1990s.

There is no “smoking gun” yet.