The Globalist

What is life like for a carpet knotting kid in Nepal — and how can the carpet industry stay clean?

What will India look like four decades hence? Poorer? Richer? A world superpower? A nobody?

Will Silvio Berlusconi’s government push Italy’s integration into the global economy?

How long will it take for the world to catch up with impressive U.S. economic growth?

What is China doing to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Games?

Remember the last time before the 2001 G8 Summit when the world’s major powers met in Genoa, Italy? You need to go all the way back to the year 1922. Instead of anti-globalization protesters, the unpleasant surprise of that summit was a special deal concluded between the newly created Soviet Union and Weimar Germany. World diplomacy was rocked harder than even the disruptions by today’s protesters.

Should the world be concerned over the fall of the euro?

Our most compelling quotes on how leaders feel about the Kyoto Protocol.

Is it really the EU’s business to stop a merger of two U.S. companies?

How do professionals cope with the daily challenges of the global economy?