The Globalist

Turkey steps into the Qatar fray to protect its turf against the Saudis in the fight over Sunni supremacy.

The policy of side-stepping the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly untenable for non-Arab Muslim nations and China.

Saudi-UAE campaign to isolate Qatar and Iran puts Muslim nations in a bind.

Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao is a personal power grab that won’t make the Philippines safer.

The real downsides of Donald Trump’s choice in Saudi Arabia to prioritize commerce at the expense of principle.

Limiting academic freedom is a threat to democracy itself. EU leaders must unite and stand up to this troubling trend.

Women in Mozambique bear the brunt of civil war, droughts and floods.

A self-fulfilling prophecy of failure: Welfare states attract a lot of unskilled migrants who fail to assimilate. A political disaster is looming.

The best response to populism is active government policy. We need more and better smart liberalism.

The disunity of Israel’s opposition parties is serving the Occupation.