The Globalist

Abenomics is widely hoped to provide an economic turnaround for Japan. But is the prime minister focusing on the right issues?

Can the U.S. economy trim costs and make itself internationally competitive?

Abe pivots between nationalists and modernity, big government and small government factions.

Amid mass demonstrations in Brazil, what is working and what needs improvement in the country’s political processes?

Does the third arrow of "Abenomics" miss the target in ending Japan’s stagnation?

Are U.S. politicians ready to tell their people that the day is near when the United States will no longer be the globe’s number one?

What is the legacy of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher for Europe’s crisis-stricken countries today?

How can Europe achieve — and sustain — a post-crisis economic recovery?

What drives Vladimir Putin, what dogs him — and what role will he play in the Russian state of the future?