The Globalist

The U.S. government under Trump may be on the verge of returning to the old policy of transaction-based support of autocratic regimes in the Middle East.

The ten best books on key global issues we presented on The Globalist Bookshelf this year.

Stephan Richter, editor-in-chief of the Globalist, talked with David Brancaccio, host of NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report, about the aftermath of the Berlin Christmas market attack.

What are the realistic options to tackle the scourge of crass inequality in rich welfare states?

Instead of strengthening and stabilizing institutions, we are allowing them to fall.

The debate over “globalism” in the age of Trump.

Christine Lagarde’s confirmation as IMF Managing Director further undermines global governance.

Will the tangled finances of vastly wealthy leaders of the US administration become a possible cause for corruption concerns?

Trump is of two minds on the whether he really wants to pursue sound economic policies or follow his instincts as a real estate developer.

A national direct elections compact concluded by the major states is the only way to ensure that future U.S. Presidents will have been elected by a plurality of Americans.