The Globalist

Reflections on the art of global power management.

Is the end of empire such a bad thing? Perhaps for the elites, but not for the population at large.

How to conduct global diplomacy with local power centers.

How did oil catalyze the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

A work of fiction, Murder at the Dacha, portrays a Russia of the past — and the present.

Do we have the will, individually and collectively, to implement the changes in attitude and lifestyle that are required?

Can Americans exist without the ideology of exceptionalism that has carried them for over two centuries?

To bear less responsibility in the 21st century will do the United States good, even it it means less American power.

How it hurts a nation that cannot distinguish between strength and power.

How to grow the economy of maintenance by moving toward a circular economy.