The Globalist

With Merkel lacking both an agenda and a vision, the US push to deal with Germany’s eternal export surplus is a welcome impetus for long overdue domestic reforms.

Will Donald Trump’s economic policies finally lead the United States and Europe out of their economic malaise?

The UK’s Prime Minister’s emerging strategy for a hard Brexit will mean significantly reduced access to the EU market.

Why are Germans so enamored with their trade surpluses? When will they see it is against their own, well-understood self-interest?

Three possible scenarios for the Brexit endgame.

Will the British vote to leave the EU embolden anti-European populists elsewhere in Europe?

Yes, the EU is juggling a number of daunting situations. But that’s what superpowers do.

When it comes to urgently needed reforms, the British Prime Minister should have focused on Britain first.

Germany will have to change its policies if it wants to avoid exit of other countries from the union.

Returning to the spirit of the 1930s is not a program for government.