The Globalist

What does the story of China’s Summer Palace reveal about the country’s attitude toward the West?

How can Asia’s giants — China, India and Japan — protect their interests as competition increases in East Asia?

Can China’s future actions as a world power be predicted by a close look at its previous Golden Age?

Why has the West yet to recognize the cultural rejuvenation taking place in the Islamic world?

How do the differing mindsets of Westerners and Muslims explain tensions between the two groups?

What are the prospects for a moderate version of Islam that takes into account European traditions and values?

Will recent trends in development economics ever benefit the bottom billion?

What power do ordinary people in the West have to alleviate the plight of the world’s poorest billion?

How can the world get the planet’s poorest one billion inhabitants on the path toward economic development?

Even if the West can reunite on a post-Cold War basis, will it be able to steer the global system in a Western-oriented direction?