The Globalist

What happens when the world’s presumably most powerful man plays the role of participant-observer while still in the Oval Office?

Takeaways for the would-be frontrunners from Tuesday’s U.S. presidential primaries.

Democracies sometimes need pitchforks. Trump will be a bad enough leader to bring them out.

Why judges play such an outsized role on combatting climate change.

Health care, education and finance have particularly significant effects in distorting the U.S. economy.

Beyond the hate and manipulation, the candidate has struck some nerves on real issues.

Donald Trump and prospects for democracy and xenophobic populism in China

Russian social networks are potential channels for spreading the truth about the Kremlin’s corruption and propaganda.

Republicans pin fake scandals on the Clintons, but the Clintons create real ones – like Goldman Sachs speeches.

In Syria, the U.S. government has to do much more than pressure Russia.