The Globalist

Corruption and the lack of the rule of law is a fundamental cause of the Afghan debacle.

A note on U.S. and European car tariffs to a very stable genius.

Vanity and materialism — not cheating — drive German luxury car sales in the US.

Nobody sticks around long in the Trump Administration once they cross Trump on an issue that is meaningful to him.

Washington is becoming eerily similar to Putin’s government of FSB cronies.

Trump gets ever closer to having a puppet cabinet. This is dangerous for the United States, but more importantly dangerous for the world.

The overall gender gap and the political representation gap specifically is still a century from closing at the current pace.

The purpose of the steel tariffs is motivated by the same political force that drives Trump – playing blame games. After Obama and Hillary, now it’s the entire world’s turn.

What the U.S. president really means by pleading for “fairness” is simply for the U.S. to have its way.

Was Putin’s talk of a Russian miracle weapon merely meant for domestic consumption ahead of Russia’s March presidential elections? Or does he pursue another goal with his move?