The Globalist

A review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s fascinating new book.

After 16 years of fighting, dispatching an additional force of 4,000 soldiers will not change anything.

San Francisco is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the most iconic cultural event in its history – the summer of 1967.

Trump has hit upon a unique vulnerability in mainstream U.S. politics on race and cannot be dislodged.

The dynamic between White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and President Trump harkens back to the Yeltsin-Putin dynamic of the late 1990s.

China has established a seven-decade-long record of strategic caution and a preference for diplomatic and paramilitary rather than military solutions to national security problems.

With its short-term focus on what currently occupies the American mind (North Korea), the U.S. is actually playing into China’s hands in Asia.

In recent years, many American leaders have grown cavalier about nuclear war, especially with Russia, but there is also risk of a devastating conflict with China.

Trumpism, like most radical right-wing movements, is fueled by resentment, not economics. Trump voters are like Russians voting for Putin.

What role does Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest bank, and financier of the Trumps and Kushners, play in the potential downfall of the U.S. President?