The Globalist

What does Singapore’s finance minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, think about the future of the global economy?

What has enabled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to weather North Africa's tsunami of popular revolutions?

Do the United States and China both struggle with economic fairness and political accountability?

What needs to be done to narrow the rift between the West and Islam?

Why have relations between the West and Russia become increasingly frosty?

Can Europe stay on top by joining forces with the United States?

Has the West failed at its dream of spreading democracy?

Will the current financial crisis be remembered as a devasting collapse or just a minor shifting of the ground?

Reflections on the U.S. subprime mortgage troubles and the Asian financial crisis of 1997.

Does China really need to embrace Western principles such as transparency and open markets to grow economically?