The Globalist

Why does the sitting U.S. Treasury Secretary act more like the marketing department of the New York Stock Exchange?

Why is Chinese artist Ai Weiwei an outspoken critic of China’s government?

How has the United States surrendered some of its sovereignty to the oil markets?

Did America lose Egypt? Or did China — and what China represents — gain Egypt?

Markets are extraordinarily bad at getting political risk right — and the Egypt crisis is no exception.

Why are the parallels between Cairo today and Constantinople a century ago all too obvious and disturbing?

Has the United States ceded the art of pragmatism to the Chinese?

How is the recent shooting in Arizona a failure for which no one is willing to accept any responsibility?

What can people around the world do to help free an Iranian political prisoner?

Why should Americans probably be more worried about Indonesia's democracy than its religious orientation?