The Globalist

Like the world’s dwindling forests, the stars at night are also in danger of disappearing.

The sorrow, regret and guilt at the death of a sibling hit émigrés hard.

The EU’s foreign policy approaches to Iran and Afghanistan demonstrate the challenges for the world’s middle powers.

Can privileged social scientists produce great breakthroughs?

Every country I have lived in has had a history of culture wars, but at the same time also a history of cultural cross-fertilization.

The history of white nationalism, grievance and authoritarianism in Europe makes the agenda of the current Republican Party in the US far easier to understand.

The British Prime Minister resorts to an age-old political ploy of UK politics, blaming the French.

Today’s problems call for less binary and more systems thinking

Is private space flight just a thrill for the highly privileged, a horse race for U.S. billionaires?

Right now, electric cars have the momentum and the “inevitability” narrative on their side. Is the idea of pursuing two paths forward a waste of money?