The Globalist

How did Mao’s legacy pave the way for Chinese nationalism and globalization?

What must happen before the relationship between China and the West can go any further?

How do the Western and Eastern educational systems stack up against one another?

How do Europe and China compare in the 18th and 19th centuries?

What similarities emerge between the U.S. economy of today and that of 1860?

How is the Siberian town of Khanti-Mansiisk the embodiment of Gorbachev’s dreams for Russia?

What challenges does the widespread use of ethanol present to the environment — and to food prices?

What is the real story behind the additives in our gasoline?

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

How did Putin — like his predecessor Catherine the Great — turn Russia’s gaze inward rather than westward?