The Globalist

A tale of gas and oil, opium and hypocrisy: If climate activists are unable to convince the richest country in the world of the benefits of climate control, how do they plan to convince Mexico, Nigeria or Russia?

Like the world’s dwindling forests, the stars at night are also in danger of disappearing.

The sorrow, regret and guilt at the death of a sibling hit émigrés hard.

Can privileged social scientists produce great breakthroughs?

Every country I have lived in has had a history of culture wars, but at the same time also a history of cultural cross-fertilization.

Today’s problems call for less binary and more systems thinking

Is private space flight just a thrill for the highly privileged, a horse race for U.S. billionaires?

Right now, electric cars have the momentum and the “inevitability” narrative on their side. Is the idea of pursuing two paths forward a waste of money?

Are we finally reaching the post-ideological age? Given the complexity of today’s world, that would represent major progress.

What it is like being Chinese in Indonesia.