The Globalist

This summer will mark the centenary of the appearance of the first volume of Oswald Spengler’s influential The Decline of the West.

How Donald Trump and the U.S.-North Korea summit are getting framed.

Who is left to defend the rule of law?

The two countries have very similar land areas for now, but China has extensive additional claims.

While much of China remains poor, some cities are now on par with EU levels.

Who leads depends on how it’s measured.

A child born in China today can expect to live decades longer than someone born in China in 1950.

In the past decade, America’s internet giants have grown to an enormous size. But the next few years are likely to be much less friendly to them.

The more the U.S. abstains from imposing new barriers to imports from the EU, the more may the EU support U.S. efforts to change Chinese trade and investment practices.

The world has recoiled from Trump’s unilateralism. But history tells us that good things can come from false starts.