The Globalist

Reflections on the present-day challenges for the United States, the self-appointed beacon of “democracy.”

U.S. journalists may balk at the Trump White House calling them the opposition, but that’s their proper role.

The Phillipines’ new President, not Russia’s Putin, is the international leader closest to Trump’s heart and mind.

Hispanic unemployment and illegal immigration levels from Mexico are both relatively low at the start of the Trump Administration.

Following the U.S. withdrawal from the TPP, the Asia-Pacific region faces a lot of internal divisions over trade strategies.

It’s a lop-sided world when a Republican billionaire turned President cancels a corporatist trade deal eagerly pursued by a Democratic administration.

America’s new top power broker isn’t Donald or Vladimir, but Republican operators from America’s 30th state.

Putin cares as little about Russia as Trump does about America. They only care about making the world safe for the super-rich.

Will Trump have a similarly devastating effect on democracies that Gorbachev had on Communism?

Is the new US President really trying to resolve the competitiveness challenge by relying on outdated 1960s style, Brazilian economic concepts?