The Globalist

The most pivotal insight for the post-American world order is that the pursuit of economic self-interest and self-preservation go hand in hand, whether at the national, regional or global level.

This summer will mark the centenary of the appearance of the first volume of Oswald Spengler’s influential The Decline of the West.

How Donald Trump and the U.S.-North Korea summit are getting framed.

The two countries have very similar land areas for now, but China has extensive additional claims.

While much of China remains poor, some cities are now on par with EU levels.

Who leads depends on how it’s measured.

A child born in China today can expect to live decades longer than someone born in China in 1950.

The more the U.S. abstains from imposing new barriers to imports from the EU, the more may the EU support U.S. efforts to change Chinese trade and investment practices.

The world has recoiled from Trump’s unilateralism. But history tells us that good things can come from false starts.

How does cohesion develop in Asian societies? And which factors determine its strength?