The Globalist

How the Chinese leadership manages to cottonball sensitive state visits.

Will the German Chancellor rely on a 1965 blues rock hit by The Animals to explain her course reversal on refugees?

Europe has to tread carefully as Turkey itself is in a precarious situation.

Reflections on Merkel’s curious mixture of profound ethics paired with high-handedness and naiveté.

How much do Germans work and how well are they compensated for that work?

In the spirit of European cohesion, France will force Germany to change its refugee policy.

Seizing America’s “future preference” and having grown up behind the “Iron Curtain” help explain Merkel’s approach to the refugee crisis.

How to get one’s mind around the massive wave of haphazard immigration into Germany?

The costs of absorbing five million immigrants could easily reach the costs of German reunification — over one trillion euros over 30 years.

If there is an iron law of European politics, it is for leaders to get out at the top as the ten-year rule completes its cycle.