The Globalist

Trump’s tweet-based badgering of the Saudis to increase production will not ease pressures resting on the global oil market. High time to do a reality check.

Far from being a unique phenomenon, Trump actually shares striking characteristics with a host of historical figures.

It isn’t just about Angela Merkel or Trump’s general misogyny. The current U.S. President’s negative attitude toward Germany is rooted in his grandfather’s murky personal biography.

The events near Chang Rai powerfully underscore that a “global community” very much exists – and that it can have very positive effects on the lives and well-being of people.

What Europe earns by selling goods to the U.S., it spends on licensing fees for U.S. technology and on U.S. services. Nothing unfair here.

The German government should not need any exhortations from the U.S. President to raise its level of defense spending.

The Binyamin and Donald show threatens to undermine, perhaps irredeemably, the institutions of democracy in Israel and the United States.

Justice Kennedy’s retirement will only worsen the trend of the U.S. Supreme Court serving as a political wing of the Republican Party.

As China’s example shows, a country needs to invest in its future prosperity. Tariffs and tax cuts are no way to get there.

How the United States ended up with one of the highest numbers of time zones for a single country.