The Globalist

Is all the excitement about the future of Africa’s economy really justified? Or is the continent’s success mostly just a commodities story?

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

Are U.S. sanctions against Iran strengthening the economic and financial position of its competitors, including China, India and Turkey?

Would a transatlantic trade deal redefine the rules of global trade?

How do the Republican promoters of limited government get away with their myopia?

In which major country do exports account for the highest share of the national economy?

Is the West underestimating the value of the trust that the UN enjoys in the hearts and minds of the rest of the world’s population?

Could such sensitive issues as Muslim relations, maritime activities and international investments tip the United States and China into greater enmity?

Is China’s purported innovation in green technology real — or is it largely a scaling up of current inferior technologies?

What would today’s global economic landscape look like had Nixon not gone to China in 1973?