The Globalist

Will Francois Hollande choose to make France like Germany or to make France like Italy?

How did Silvio Berlusconi’s tenure as Italian prime minister resemble some of the more ruthless and business-savvy popes in history?

A hundred years after the peak of Italian immigration to the United States, are there still good reasons to immigrate?

Where does Russia find itself in the world of today? What’s the real balance sheet of the Putin era to date?

Can sanctions on oil exports provide enough bite to induce Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions?

How does Italy’s prime minister plan to cope with the euro crisis and revive his country’s economy?

Will Germany prove capable of leading the EU to a more stable, prosperous future?

Why will Greece’s former prime minister go down in history as a bold and decisive leader?

Are the dollar’s days as the global reserve currency numbered?

Italy's political and economic future is just as shaky as it was before — maybe even more so.