The Globalist

Why are the investments Europe and the United States made in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively, failing to bear fruit?

How have today’s Europeans turned out to be the real practitioners of the American notion of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

Where does Russia find itself in the world of today? What’s the real balance sheet of the Putin era to date?

Is Europe’s primary goal to fix Greece — or to keep Greece from contaminating the rest of Europe?

How are U.S. coffee shops turning into the office away from the office?

Is China infringing on another U.S. copyright — the Byzantine ways and means of the U.S. federal government?

Will Angela Merkel and Christine Lagarde find common ground in order to resolve Europe’s — and the world’s — economic crisis?

Why is Iraq’s democratic transition a less-than-perfect model for Egypt?

Could Mitt Romney provide an unlikely focal point for the long-suppressed U.S. debate about economic and social equity?

2011 witnessed enormous global developments. What lies ahead in 2012?