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Stephan Richter
Director of the Global Ideas Center, a global network of authors and analysts, and Editor-in-Chief of The Globalist.
[Berlin/Germany]
Stephan Richter is the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Globalist, the daily online magazine on the global economy, politics and culture, which he founded and launched in January 2000.
Mr. Richter is a frequent guest on leading radio and television programs, including Germany’s “Meet the Press” program on ARD and ZDF’s Morning Show. While based in the U.S., he frequently appeared on National Public Radio as well as on the PBS Newshour and CNN.
A sought after and thought-provoking keynote speaker at executive conferences and retreats, he has moderated more than 150 policy events during his time in Washington, D.C., featuring prime ministers, CEOs, Nobel laureates and heads of international organizations.
His articles and views have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Salon, Japan Times, Le Monde, Les Echos, Die Welt, Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit, Handelsblatt, Manager Magazin, Cicero, NZZ and Foreign Affairs.
For the past ten years, he was the presenter of the Marketplace Globalist Quiz, aired on public radio stations all across the United States as part of NPR’s Morning Report. He also created The Globalist Quiz, a weekly feature exploring the global agenda in an innovative fashion syndicated to newspapers around the world.
From 2002-08, he was a monthly columnist for Les Echos, the leading financial daily in France. He was also the U.S. correspondent for Rheinischer Merkur from 1990-98, as well as a monthly columnist for CEO Magazine.
In addition, he has been a keynote speaker on geopolitical and geoeconomic issues and trends at major international conferences organized by asset managers, investment banks and public policy institutions in Europe, the United States and Asia.
Prior to starting The Globalist, Mr. Richter led a global strategic communications firm based in Washington, D.C., advising ministers and CEOs of governments, leading global banks and corporations, international organizations and foundations around the world.
In that capacity, he served as North American advisor to the German Economics Ministry and Vice Chancellor in the early 1990s, when he successfully shaped the “New Federal States” campaign, designed to create a dynamic brand image for the former Communist East Germany.
In the fall of 1990, at the request of the U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, he drafted the Sense of the U.S. Senate resolution calling for forgiveness of Poland’s Communist-era public debt. It proved a crucial step in the successful conclusion of the April 1991 Debt Agreement in the Paris Club.
For those activities, he was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit by the President of Poland in June 2014, “for outstanding services rendered to the promotion of Poland’s transition to democracy.”
Mr. Richter received his J.D. from the University of Bonn, Germany in 1984, was a Rotary Foundation Award recipient in 1980-81 and a Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association in 1986-87.
His 1992 book, Clinton: What Europe and the United States Can Expect, correctly forecast the Clinton Administration’s emphasis on fiscal consolidation in U.S. public accounts.
In 2013, he was the co-editor of the book, In Search of a Sustainable Future: Reflections on Economic Growth, Social Equity and Global Governance.
Stephan Richter’s features on United States in The Globalist
Articles by Stephan Richter
The Death of Economic Liberalism in Germany?
Germany urgently needs an effective growth agenda. However, the SPD and the Greens seem determined to undercut it.
December 17, 2024
After Assad: The Hopeful Global Scenario
How two leaders — one still out of office — are, knowingly or not, collaborating to reshape the world.
December 10, 2024
Donald “L.” (as in Louis) Trump: The Sun King Reloaded?
All across the world, people wonder who the 47th U.S. President really is. How about a parallel from French history?
December 6, 2024
Trump’s Winning Formula In 10 Points: A Political Psychogram of the 2016 Race
Men fear failing their families as providers. Trump casts himself subliminally as a super-provider.
November 11, 2024
Decision 2024: Why Does Trump Get Away With So Many Lies?
What does it say about the state of civics in the United States if a former U.S. President, and possible future one, has no compunction to lie ever more grotesquely?
October 18, 2024
Macron, the Underrated and the Misunderstood
For most of political Europe, Emmanuel Macron calling parliamentary elections earlier this year reflected his penchant for high-risk action. The contrary is true — it revealed him to be a cool, calculating realist.
September 16, 2024
Germany At the Tipping Point
Whether on education policy, energy policy, migration policy, technology policy, infrastructure policy or housing policy, Germany faces a host of unresolved problems.
August 16, 2024
The Domestic Political Economy of Germany’s Debt Brake
If the current German government wants to reform Germany’s debt brake rules, there is only one realistic path forward. It must resign.
June 26, 2024
Scholz and Macron: The Battle of the Two (Mini-) Napoleons
Why do Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron lock horns so fiercely?
May 27, 2024
Announcing: The Stoltenberg Prize for NATO Resuscitation
The Western alliance was long considered moribund. No longer. It is not even a secret what – or rather who – did the trick.
April 6, 2024
The U.S.’s Best German Ally? The Greens
Anybody who would have predicted that the Green Party would ever become the U.S.’s best political ally in Germany would have been described as insane.
March 10, 2024
German Self-Righteousness and the European Battle Over Energy Policy
Germany loves to sit on its moral high horse and, when it believes to recognize misconduct, quickly resorts to condescension and public lecturing.
March 8, 2024
The “Untied” States of America: No Longer Just a Typo
Americans' willingness to work with each other and to learn from one another is becoming ever more deficient.
January 15, 2024
The World That Bush Built
The often overlooked factor that definitely changed the global equation for the worse is the ignorance and bombast of George W. Bush and his presidency.
December 7, 2023
BYD = Bury Your Dreams? Looking Back to 2010
The Globalist’s publisher wrote this remarkable frontline report from Shenzhen in 2010 on the Chinese battery manufacturer BYD's ambition to become a leading electric-car maker.
September 28, 2023
NATO and the “Orban-Exit”
Why it is high time for NATO to offer Putin to withdraw from at least one ex-communist country in Eastern Europe – Orban’s Hungary.
August 17, 2023
Germany’s “China Connection“ Revisited
There is a huge gap between German business interests in the People's Republic of China and Germany’s national economic interest.
May 10, 2023
EU: Trade War or Systemic Competition With the US?
Germany, the erstwhile champion in green technologies, still has not focused on the real challenge posed by the U.S. That challenge does not lie in subsidies.
April 3, 2023
Olaf Scholz: A Man of His Word?
Why Chancellor Scholz might have difficulty to deliver his own promises of a truly mature Germany.
July 3, 2022
Empress Angela and Her Two Big Sins
Reflections on the former German Chancellor’s sense of her own record and responsibilities in dealing with Putin, Russia and Ukraine.
June 12, 2022
Why Brexit Has Been Good for Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine provided Boris Johnson with a unique opportunity to highlight Britain’s international leadership credentials.
May 16, 2022
Olaf and Volodymyr: A Double Portrait
The politician who had prepared himself all his life for his top role flops. Meanwhile, the man who had made a career as a comedian on TV turns out to be a very determined and successful statesman.
May 4, 2022
China’s Changing Tides
Reflections on the hurdles that China’s economy faces – and why Xi Jinping has become the biggest risk to China’s future evolution.
March 13, 2022
Schröder, Putin and the Laws of Omerta
Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" movie is all you need to understand Gerhard Schröder, the former German Chancellor and close Putin crony.
March 11, 2022
The World and Russia After Putin
Even if Russia were to still “win” the war, it will lose the peace. Regime change in Russia is not on the official agenda of the Western Alliance, but it seems a likely result.
March 2, 2022
German Chancellor Scholz´s Churchill Moment?
Reflections on a speech by Olaf Scholz that might have moved Germany from a Putin enabler to a leading democratic force in Europe.
February 28, 2022
Europe’s New Hitler: Another Psychopath at Work
Vladimir Putin is a murderous despot: Why the West’s response to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine matters. And why we must deal firmly with his European enablers.
February 24, 2022
Germany, Greenpeace and the Jennifer Morgan Saga
The reaction to the appointment of Jennifer Morgan as a German deputy foreign minister betrays a lot of provincialism in Germany’s political culture.
February 15, 2022
Will Putin Put Down the Kazakh Spring?
Why the popular uprising against corrupt national elites in oil-rich Kazakhstan has Putin and Russia so nervous.
January 7, 2022
Closing Memorial: Putin’s Blueprint for U.S. Republicans
How the closure of the Memorial in Russia is a template for the kind of society Republicans want to build in the U.S.
January 5, 2022
Is Putin Destabilizing or Uniting the West?
Putin is keen on inciting “hybrid attacks” against the West to de-stabilize it. He may well end up inadvertently stabilizing it.
December 16, 2021
When Mob Rule Comes to the United States of America
The parallels between the Leninist power usurpation in early 20th century Russia and the Trumpian brigades in today’s United States are becoming ever more eerie.
November 8, 2021
After Brexit: How Poland Replaces the UK
The EU-related obstinacy of Poland’s governing party is rooted not just in the desire to rewrite their own country’s post-war history, or even Europe’s. It is all a big-time deflection maneuver.
October 29, 2021
Why September 11 Was No Radical Break With American History
As tragic as September 11 was, it triggered a return to the American past - a nation driven by fear, not optimism.
September 9, 2021
Olaf Scholz: The CDU’s Best Chancellor Candidate
If Germany’s CDU had used an executive search firm to find a successor for Angela Merkel as Chancellor, it would have probably come up with an intriguing proposition.
September 1, 2021
From Ideology to Confusionism: The End of the Isms?”
Are we finally reaching the post-ideological age? Given the complexity of today’s world, that would represent major progress.
July 14, 2021
Making the United States “democratic” Again
How the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule must be modified to restore majority rule and give the U.S. a prayer to be a modern, dynamic country.
May 11, 2021
Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s Next Woman Chancellor?
In a curious twist of history, Baerbock holds the promise to execute on what turned out to be Angela Merkel’s highly misleading self-advertising.
April 28, 2021
Biden: Appeasing Putin?
Putin’s little PR bluster games shows how much Russia has declined in the global league tables of geopolitical relevance. Why Joe Biden won’t take Putin’s bait.
April 24, 2021
US Corporations: The US’s New Principled Liberals?
Republicans increasingly force U.S. corporations to act as a kind of extra-parliamentary opposition to protect their brands and consumer appeal.
April 12, 2021
Reining in Facebook and Google: A Common Transatlantic Project
Big Tech media present a serious challenge for Western democracies. Tackling them is a worthy mission for the Biden Administration and the EU to work on jointly.
April 7, 2021
The US Republicans’ Putin-Style “Managed” Democracy
Yet more evidence that US Republicans are close soul mates of Russia’s President when it comes to restraining democracy.
March 15, 2021
Jeffrey Sachs: Xi Propagandist?
One does not need to be a hardliner on China, just a global realist, to see that there is a vast gap between Xi’s rhetoric and reality.
March 4, 2021
Mr. Steinmeier’s Faux Pas: Pleasing Russia, Stiffing Eastern Europe
North Stream 2: Is the gas pipeline’s completion really mandated by history, as the German President has claimed?
February 22, 2021
Mr. Leahy, Why Not Go to the Supreme Court?
The German legal system offers a perfect way out of a great U.S. legal conundrum during Trump’s second impeachment trial.
February 9, 2021
Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum Run Away from Their Past
We are no fans of neo-liberalism. But look who is now suddenly disavowing it.
January 26, 2021
North Stream 2: What the Germans Must Do for Transatlantic Solidarity
As much as the current German government would wish otherwise, the North Stream 2 pipeline controversy continues to threaten European unity as well as transatlantic solidarity.
January 25, 2021
Merkel and Her Ill-Advised CAI Deal
What US and German political transitions mean for China relations.
January 16, 2021
Merkel’s EU China Policy: Double Crossing Joe Biden
Surprisingly, Germany’s veteran Chancellor is replicating Gerhard Schröder’s moves to poison the transatlantic relationship -- in her case by eagerly doing China’s bidding inside the EU.
January 13, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg: Lindsey Graham’s Improbable Twin
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is spineless and acts irresponsible for commercial reasons, except for brief moments.
January 11, 2021
Joe Biden and the US’s Pivot to Europe
Faced with the Biden administration, Germany must finally come to terms with its geostrategic obligations and commitments.
December 16, 2020
Joe Biden and His Inner FDR
Before the election, Joe Biden was probably inclined to morph into a modern-day Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Can he still?
December 6, 2020
The Rise and Fall of Diego Maradona: A True Symbol of Argentina
Why Maradona’s life and death has reverberated throughout the world.
November 28, 2020
Putin and the Slow-Burn US Civil War
An overly lengthy transition period can be highly destabilizing even in the U.S. -- a nation that deems itself a mature democracy.
November 19, 2020
Virility as Political Asset? Trump as a Huckster and Hustler
To explain how Trump almost pulled off his reelection requires a deep dive into the less familiar buildings blocks of American culture.
November 7, 2020
Beyond Wirecard: What Really Ails German Finance
Reforms proposed after the fintech scandal will not be enough to fix a shaky banking sector.
August 21, 2020
Kamala Harris: The Woman Who “Liberated” Angela Merkel
Donald Trump is a compulsive misogynist. Why Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton and other women can now breathe more freely.
August 13, 2020
The US and the EU: A Tale of Two Continents
Compared to the extreme disunity and cynicism that rules the U.S. political process, the decision-making process of the EU27 is a sea of calm and rationality.
July 23, 2020
Saint Angela of Europe
How Angela Merkel could effectively operate at the just-concluded European Summit on the basis of a well-hedged position.
July 22, 2020
How Facebook Plays the US Political System
How Facebook has gotten away with its constant abuses dealing with the greatest raw material of all time, data about human preferences and interactions.
June 29, 2020
Your Guide to the Facebook Innocence Shuffle in 15 Steps
With its deep pockets and shameless leadership, Facebook has perfected the art of wiggling out of tricky situations.
June 29, 2020
Change Is Coming to America
Nearly four years after Barack Obama’s two-term presidency, the political promise he represented might finally be fulfilled.
June 16, 2020
US Democracy and the Age of American Impotence
U.S. democracy has devolved into a kabuki show. No real reform, no matter how pressing, ever gets done.
June 7, 2020
Aspen: A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Why did all the brainpower assembled at Aspen have no solutions to the United States' biggest problems?
June 7, 2020
Minneapolis 2007 and 2020
In the wake of the George Floyd murder, what does the reaction to a 2007 tragedy that also occurred in Minneapolis tell us about America's purpose and resolve?
June 6, 2020
Trump: The Eternal, Never-Presidential Campaigner
How Donald Trump has regulated the American public’s right to free speech: Every “Presidential” speech is a campaign event. Protest not allowed.
June 2, 2020
When a President Tweets
Should laxer standards of truthfulness and honesty be applied to a U.S. President? Remember the times when U.S. Presidents were viewed as role models and held to a higher standard?
June 1, 2020
US Police Vs. African-Americans
Police brutality against African-Americans in the U.S. has a long lineage – and shows no sign of stopping.
May 28, 2020
US: Police Systematically Out of Control
The far too liberal use of deadly force by police in a conservative country.
May 28, 2020
Downhill from Peak Globalization: When Will It End?
The world has encountered a series of shocks over the past 15 years. This should lead to more realistic expectations about the timetable for further globalization moves.
May 17, 2020
COVID 19 Today and China’s Great Famine
Are there any lessons to be learned from China 60 years ago for today’s world, which is facing the worst pandemic of the past 100 years?
May 16, 2020
Trump and Musk: Two Unstable Geniuses Compared
Recognizing what constitutes reality is a minimum job requirement for any leader. While Donald Trump often appears delusional, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is so only part of the time.
May 11, 2020
Kent State at 50: An America Even More Divided
Is it possible that U.S. society is more divided today than it used to be at the height of the anti-Vietnam war protests in the late 1960s?
May 4, 2020
The Ayatollah in the White House
Ironies of the coronavirus times: For all their mutual enmity, have the United States and Iran ever been closer?
May 2, 2020
COVID 19: Trump and Iran’s Ayatollahs
How the supreme leaders of Iran and the U.S. handled the COVID 19 challenge: A short comparative study
April 21, 2020
Mariusz Handzlik: In Memoriam
The late Mariusz Handzlik, diplomatic advisor to President Lech Kaczyński, served Poland with boundless energy. He died in the presidential plane on April 10, 2010 en route to Smolensk. He is sorely missed.
April 11, 2020
Beyond Trump: The US’s Wrong-Headed Priorities
Reflections on gargantuan levels of military spending, pseudo “efficiency”-minded corporate outsourcing and an ill-fated obsession with American exceptionalism.
April 2, 2020
Erdogan, Desperado and Constant Provocateur
Nothing seemed to stop Erdogan’s provocations on Europe’s eastern flank -- until he met his match. The big losers are the Turkish people.
March 21, 2020
Merkel vs. Bertolt Brecht: The Coronavirus and the Three Penny Opera
In her management of the Coronavirus crisis, Angela Merkel is making a big bet against the German playwright Bertolt Brecht and his “Three Penny Opera.”
March 20, 2020
Coronavirus: What Does Merkel Know That Macron Doesn’t?
Angela Merkel is acting – though definitely not looking – like a flower power girl from California. Focused on consensus, not leadership, she believes in human goodness.
March 19, 2020
Bernie Sanders Is No Socialist: A Perspective from 2016
Social democracy would have been an easier label to defend – and more accurate.
February 26, 2020
The Democrats’ Firing Squad
Trump claims that the Democrats want to bring “socialism” to the United States. He obviously hasn’t read the preamble to the US Constitution.
February 25, 2020
Trump Vs. Bloomberg: US Awaits Battle of the Titans
Forget the Democrats’ primaries. Americans are ready for the main event of 2020, the no-holds-barred brawl pitting Trump vs. Bloomberg. All the rest is seen as a side show that’s wasting their precious time.
February 21, 2020
Thank God for France’s Sense of European Realism
French President Emmanuel Macron's restrictive stance on EU membership for the Western Balkans injects a much-needed dose of realism into EU affairs.
February 18, 2020
Michael Bloomberg: The US‘s First Jewish President
Michael Bloomberg’s best sales argument for the November 2020 U.S. presidential election is twofold: First, he is everything that Trump is not. And second, like Trump, he is focused on domestic issues.
February 15, 2020
Is Germany’s Der Spiegel Racist?
In the latest case of self-flagellation, the ever more twisted German left, in its filter bubble, now accuses Der Spiegel for an anti-Chinese racist cover.
February 6, 2020
Australia’s Great Fire and Biblical Justice
The images from the Sydney skyline are so indelible not because the city is located in the developed world, but because they represent the front gates of hell.
January 28, 2020
Ai Weiwei Cries Wolf About Germany
Ai Weiwei engages in the very same racial stereotyping about Germany that he complains, with very thin, if not contrived proof the Germans exhibited toward him.
January 25, 2020
US Tech Transfer: First to China, Now to the Middle East
The shortsightedness of the United States in allowing arms production facilities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE is unbelievable.
January 20, 2020
How Trump Is Tied to China, Literally
Clothes making can provide deep insights into both the character of global leaders and commercial realities.
January 17, 2020
Putin’s Russian Power Grab: The Global Context
The Russian President aims at staying in power forever. Who are his role models?
January 16, 2020
Iran: Another Hong Kong, But No Russia or North Korea
The two messages from the Iranian people to their leaders: First, for all your gloating about Iran’s nuclear arsenal, nobody can eat nuclear weapons. Second, we want a different future.
January 14, 2020
Trump Vs. the “Deep State”?
The ardent defenders of President Trump's reckless foreign policy claim that the “deep state” is out to get the President of the United States. Do they have a case?
December 29, 2019
Remembering Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, a true thinker between cultures, serves as an example to us all for his unstinting courage.
December 21, 2019
Economism Vs. Culture: Who Wins?
What are the real driving forces of British politics? Reflecting on the Tory victory in the UK’s 2019 general election.
December 18, 2019
US and UK: When Culture Trumps Economic Self-Interest
Lower-income voters, at least in the U.S. and UK cases, care more about cultural messaging than their share of the economy.
December 18, 2019
Europe’s Left and Labour’s Disastrous 2019 Election
What are the hard lessons for Europe’s young leftist party activists, including Germany’s SPD, from Jeremy Corbyn’s 2019 defeat in the UK?
December 14, 2019
UK Voters: Look to Turkey and Hungary!
Just not as smart as the Italians, the Turks or the Hungarians: Reflections on the relative immaturity of Britain’s political system.
December 10, 2019
In Defense of Democracy
Understanding the key reasons why everybody is now so frustrated with democracy and government.
December 8, 2019
Macron, NATO and Opposite Day
How the French government is using psy-ops and parental logic to turn the U.S. President into a fan of NATO.
December 4, 2019
Will Corbyn’s Vanity Deliver Johnson’s Brexit?
Jeremy Corbyn’s personal irresponsibility and vanity may finally deliver Brexit.
November 3, 2019
Donald Trump: The Desperate President
Donald Trump really does not want a second term. He is trying everything imaginable to avoid his reelection.
October 19, 2019
Draining the Swamp: Trump. Biden. Warren
Why the Democratic Party needs a course correction.
October 15, 2019
Tom Cruise, John McCain and Impeaching Donald Trump
Can the Republican Party save itself? The entire world is waiting for the Republicans’ Tom Cruise (aka Lt. Kaffee) moment.
September 22, 2019
We Are All Denmark!
A property king’s guide to U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century.
August 20, 2019
Will the Germans Take Trump Back?
Here is why the Germans should be receptive to the idea of Trump’s self-deportation to his ancestral land.
July 27, 2019
Go Back, Donald Trump. Your Ancestral Country Needs You!
In endlessly going after the “squad” of four Congresswomen, Donald Trump has made the case for his self-deportation – to Germany!
July 26, 2019
Margrethe Vestager: What Could Have Been
Why it’s right that neither Weber nor Timmermans get the nod to run the European Commission.
June 29, 2019
May and Nahles: Two Convenient Whipping “Boys”
Women in Europe are still rarely the leaders of well-known parties. Now, the two most prominent of them could possibly leave the political top level in the same week.
June 6, 2019
Political Courage Compared: US Vs. Turkey
Why is standing up to one-man rule and presidential nepotism actively pursued among AK Party grandees in Turkey, but not by Republicans in the U.S.?
May 27, 2019
A Long-Term Fight Over British Identity
Brexit is not so much about the UK’s relationship with the rest of Europe than it is about determining the nature and structure of the UK itself.
April 8, 2019
The Misogynists Vs. the Bar Tender
Representative Ocasio-Cortez has shown herself to be a good bartender – and an honest and intelligent politician. President Trump has proven to be neither.
April 7, 2019
AOC and Francis Fukuyama: Reflections on Social Democracy and the US
The constant bipartisan talk of the “American Dream “ is entirely geared to preserving the material advantages of the country’s rich at the expense of its workers.
March 24, 2019
AOC and Francis Fukuyama: Reflections on Social Democracy and the US
While the “end of history” may have been reached for social democracy in Europe, it hasn’t even begun to unfold its appeal and its political power in the United States.
March 23, 2019
Xi Jinping: Smooth Talker vs. Brass-Knuckle Operator
China’s president talks high-mindedly about economic globalization. Sounds good, until you see his latest global export strategy – tools for human control.
January 24, 2019
UK: Exit from Brexit — and Think About Japan
Why Britain needs to pause Article 50, prepare a second referendum and think of Japan’s economic fate.
January 17, 2019
Trump as the Kremlin’s Tool: The Logical Proof
Whether intentional or not, Donald Trump serves the Kremlin's interests -- from NATO to the global economy and the Middle East to democracy.
January 15, 2019
Trump and Russia: The Weasel-in-Chief
Why Donald Trump is likely to steer clear of espionage charges, despite his dealings with Russia.
January 15, 2019
Theresa May and Political Wife-Beating
Hardcore Brexiteers’ proposition that May is incompetent because “she” does not deliver the Brexit they want is an unvarnished form of sexism.
December 17, 2018
May’s Brexit Deal: Great If You Want to Suffer
Letting Britons have another vote on Brexit is the only sensible option.
December 16, 2018
The US and Russia: Brexit Allies!
Both the U.S. and Russia support Brexit – but not for Britain's sake.
December 16, 2018
May and Churchill
Theresa May and Winston Churchill have a lot in common. Except that Churchill delivered, whereas May can’t.
December 16, 2018
Theresa May and Political Wife-Beating, Brexiteer-Style
The hardcore Brexiteers are so keen on beating up on Theresa May for one primary reason – because she is a woman.
December 13, 2018
What It Means to Be a Patriot, a Nationalist and a Globalist
Stephan Richter in conversation with Amanda Vanstone, the host of Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Counterpoint program.
November 17, 2018
After the US Midterms: Democrats, Read the Fine Print
Despite the Democrats’ gains, the United States is structurally a remarkably conservative country. Republicans have the tools to defend themselves for decades to come.
November 8, 2018
Can Democrats Overcome Trump’s Shadow?
Should the Democratic Party be fortunate enough to rise to power again, the question arises: What will they do with it?
October 11, 2018
Five Structural Reasons for Lasting Republican Power
Why Republicans will be in power even after Democratic Party voting gains.
October 10, 2018
Donald Trump’s 40-Year Shadow
It will take future Democrats large majorities, luck and sustained effort to undo the national and global damage imposed by the Trump administration.
October 9, 2018
Why Donald Trump is Completely Wrong About Globalism
Globalists are patriots who have a worldview that is not limited to the political boundaries of one state.
September 30, 2018
12 Rules for How Not to Negotiate a Successful Brexit
Why the UK’s Brexit strategy is such a terrible failure diplomatically.
September 22, 2018
Republicans and the US’s Heavily Managed Democracy
Can Republicans' efforts to tilt U.S. democracy toward feudalism be stopped?
September 12, 2018
Trump Vs. the U.S. Separation of Powers
How it has taken a political novice in the White House only a year and a half to hollow out the centuries-old system of the U.S. separation of powers.
September 11, 2018
Brexit Deal: Really a Replay of the Versailles Diktat?
Timothy Garton Ash is wrong: Insisting that EU rules be followed on Brexit is neither an act of stubbornness nor a matter of vindictiveness. It is a matter of European statecraft.
September 5, 2018
Donald Trump, Compulsive Misogynist
Trump, the politician, evidently always needs a woman to beat up on. Think Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Angela Merkel, Theresa May, Margrethe Vestager and Omarosa Manigault Newman.
August 18, 2018
US: The Incredible Cowardice of the Democrats
For over 30 years now, the Democrats have allowed the Republicans to define them. No wonder then that the Democrats often fall short during election times.
July 27, 2018
America’s Fifth Column
If, in the B.T. (=Before Trump) era, anybody had ever posited that the Republican Party would turn out to be Moscow’s and Putin’s best ally, they would have been declared insane.
July 26, 2018
How Trump Emulates Russia Diplomatically and Strategically
The many signs we overlooked on Trump serving Russia and emulating Russia’s trademark styles.
July 18, 2018
Trump, Russia’s Masterful Sleeper Agent
Despite his presumed record of failure, the U.S. President can rightfully say to his masters in Russia “Mission Accomplished.”
July 17, 2018
Brexit: How Trump Strengthens the Case of the Remainers
The Leavers’ hopes for a bilateral trade deal with the United States always seemed very iffy. After Trump’s UK visit, they are now wholly unrealistic.
July 14, 2018
Why Trump Holds Such a Grudge Against Germany
It isn’t just about Angela Merkel or Trump’s general misogyny. The current U.S. President’s negative attitude toward Germany is rooted in his grandfather’s murky personal biography.
July 13, 2018
Boys in a Thai Cave: The Positive Power of Globalism
The events near Chang Rai powerfully underscore that a “global community” very much exists – and that it can have very positive effects on the lives and well-being of people.
July 11, 2018
A Rare Case: Trump Is Right
The German government should not need any exhortations from the U.S. President to raise its level of defense spending.
July 9, 2018
World Cup 2018: Why Germany Will Flame Out
German hopes for the football tournament in Russia appear way overblown.
June 28, 2018
Germany’s Coming Macron Migration Policy Shocker
Germany’s SPD has long seen Macron as a beacon of hope. But his stance on migration policy will greatly frustrate them – and rob Angela Merkel of her European cover.
June 19, 2018
Trump: The Most Disruptive Global Start-Up Ever
Trump aims for the total destruction of the established order, including all alliance partnerships the United States ever entered into.
June 17, 2018
Why Trump (Still) Loves Macron
However hard they try, U.S. presidents lack the power of a French president to transform their nation.
June 14, 2018
Italian Reality Check: Six False Assumptions
The new Italian government seems keen to play blame games – and pursuing economic solutions that have already failed conclusively in the past.
June 6, 2018
Is There Method to Trump’s Trade Madness?
Why are Republicans siding with Trump’s trade war? Is it because they are dead-set against the European economic model which seeks social balance?
June 5, 2018
The Benefits of the Post-American Order
The most pivotal insight for the post-American world order is that the pursuit of economic self-interest and self-preservation go hand in hand, whether at the national, regional or global level.
May 2, 2018
Globalism and the Spirit of Panmunjom
Why the world must hope for a positive continuation of the Korean rapprochement.
May 1, 2018
Kim-Moon-Summit: How Samsung Was Key
Nobody should underrate the role played by corruption and the Samsung Group in the sudden moves in both Koreas.
May 1, 2018
Britain’s Confused Soul in the Age of Brexit
Britain appears to be abandoning core virtues – its ability to be ruthlessly wedded to a realistic pragmatism and its relentless pursuit of its own commercial advantage.
April 27, 2018
Heiko Maas: Standing Up to the Old Guard
The new German foreign minister charts a refreshingly principled stance toward Russia.
April 25, 2018
SPD: Andrea Nahles’ Elusive Task
Why it is practically impossible for the SPD to reinvent itself.
April 24, 2018
Globalists and Patriots
Globalists are patriots who have a worldview that is not limited to the political boundaries of one state.
April 21, 2018
From Russia, With No Love Whatsoever
The poisoning of Sergei Skripal could well be the event that broke the camel’s back in terms of Western disgust with Russia’s dirty campaigns.
April 19, 2018
Reimagining Globalism in the Trump Era
All of us must resist the impulse to go blame-gaming and making every international relationship a zero-sum game.
March 28, 2018
Stephan Richter on NPR: Why Trump’s Trade Policies May Resurrect COMECON
Trump's trade policy is back to the past -- almost Old Testament. It’s called the COMECON. A conversation with Marketplace Morning Report’s David Brancaccio.
March 24, 2018
No Buicks! Janis Joplin’s Message to Donald Trump
Vanity and materialism -- not cheating -- drive German luxury car sales in the US.
March 15, 2018
Donald Trump’s Women and Global Trade
The purpose of the steel tariffs is motivated by the same political force that drives Trump – playing blame games. After Obama and Hillary, now it’s the entire world’s turn.
March 13, 2018
How Trump’s Trade Policy Resurrects COMECON, US-Style
What the U.S. president really means by pleading for “fairness” is simply for the U.S. to have its way.
March 12, 2018
Italy’s Elections: How Germany Is Italianizing Itself
Italian politicians warning against "Germany-type problems" in forming a government after the next election are a truly striking moment of European integration – although not a particularly welcome one.
March 1, 2018
Erdogan: Everybody’s False Friend
The Turkish President only knows one loyalty -- to himself. Little wonder Erdogan acts like a congenital flamethrower in international relations.
January 31, 2018
The Globalist’s Top Thirteen Features by Jean-Pierre Lehmann
A selection of the most interesting features by Jean-Pierre Lehmann.
January 12, 2018
UK Tories Vs. the People’s Needs
Failing to deliver on basic necessities of modern life does not seem to faze many Tory politicians much.
January 9, 2018
The US and Iran: Between Obsession and Forgetfulness
The Trump Administration's obsession with the Iran nuclear deal cannot obscure the U.S. role in strengthening Iran.
November 3, 2017
Burying Air Berlin: The Curious World of French Pragmatism, German Statism
The loser in the Air Berlin game, as the government played it, are Germany’s citizens, consumers and air travelers.
October 19, 2017
The American Un-Society
The Las Vegas massacre has exposed that the idea of the existence of an American “society” is increasingly becoming pure fiction.
October 13, 2017
Hillary: The Perfect One
A self-indulgent campaign memoir from the unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate does little to get Democrats back on track.
September 14, 2017
The US Democrats’ Failing Turnaround Strategy
Trumpism, like most radical right-wing movements, is fueled by resentment, not economics. Trump voters are like Russians voting for Putin.
July 28, 2017
A Personal Note: Germany and Poland
It is because I admire the great nation of Poland that I must call a spade a spade.
July 25, 2017
The Turkification of Poland: Kaczynski Vs. Duda
Why is Kaczynski, a staunch Catholic, leading his rightfully proud nation toward its own Turkification?
July 25, 2017
President Mike Pence?
Where Donald Trump is undisciplined and entertaining, Mike Pence is very disciplined and boring. But that discipline will not benefit the Americans at large.
July 22, 2017
The Liberal International Order: Just Who Shredded It?
Blaming Putin cannot cover up the noxious combination of collective U.S. amnesia and the transparent shift of accountability for the proper conduct in international affairs.
July 12, 2017
Angela Merkel: Ever-Lasting Woman Leader?
Among countries with populations of at least 100,000 people, which woman holds the record for the longest uninterrupted tenure as the elected head of government?
June 29, 2017
Brexit: Full Amputation or Gentle Separation?
The more Theresa May digs in, the less the British people know how much Brexit they really want.
June 24, 2017
Qatar: Is Mr. Trump Striking the Match for a Little War?
America’s much-vaunted checks and balances do not really apply to U.S. foreign policy. That is a big problem.
June 23, 2017
Iran and the Saudi Deflection Campaign
Donald Trump has no idea that the principal source of support, financial and ideological, that Salafist terrorists use has Saudi Arabia written all over it.
June 22, 2017
Qatar et al.: Donald Trump as a Saudi Lobbyist
Between two bad actors at odds in the Gulf, the U.S. President has volunteered to take sides. Aiding and abetting Saudi Arabia is dangerous.
June 20, 2017
Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood
Qatar makes longer-term investments in religious or ideological factions.
June 20, 2017
Give Donald Trump Credit: Europe’s United
No U.S. President in recent memory has done more to strengthen Europe’s willingness to work together than Donald Trump.
June 16, 2017
Brexit: Why the EU Will Continue to Stand Firm
With Theresa May greatly weakened, and the UK likely facing new elections and/or a new Prime Minister soon, it makes little sense for the EU to negotiate with her in earnest.
June 12, 2017
Theresa May: A Perfect Symbol for the UK
It isn’t just the UK Prime Minister who is confused about what kind of UK she wants. So is the rest of the country.
June 11, 2017
Merkel and Macron: The New “2 M’s” Power Couple
With a new French President at her side, Merkel feels invigorated again. She even feels a sense of destiny regarding Europe.
May 17, 2017
Theresa May’s and England’s Massive Miscalculations on Brexit
Why Germany's Angela Merkel felt compelled to end the Tories' delusions
May 4, 2017
American Royals: Rise of the Trump Monarchy
Thanks to Donald Trump’s dynastic planning, the United States will finally beat the British at the royalty glitz game.
April 21, 2017
The Trumps and the Fuggers
The Trumps want to become a dynasty like the Fugger family. Are they in the same league? Get the fugg outta here!
April 16, 2017
Trump, the Great American Traditionalist
Close family ties were a way of life in early American presidential politics.
April 11, 2017
12 Rules on How NOT to Negotiate for a Successful Brexit
Advice to our British friends : A concise compilation of the delusions shaping the surreal mindset of Britain’s Brexiteer brigades.
March 31, 2017
What Ails America on Health Care?
11 theses on what an undemocratic and unnecessary mess the world’s supposedly leading democracy finds itself in.
March 28, 2017
Stephen K. Bannon, Destroyer
Jimmy Carter’s failed Iran rescue was a key event in Trump strategist Steve Bannon's life – then he authorized a similar botched raid in Yemen.
March 17, 2017
US: When Billionaires Shred People’s Healthcare
The repeal of “Obamacare” is an alarming story about the quasi-dictatorial powers that billionaires have in the U.S. political system.
March 15, 2017
“Now Let US Pray,” Or: Converting Melania to Mother Mary of the Masses
There’s an image makeover in progress for the First Lady in the Trump Administration.
March 13, 2017
Anti-Nepotism Vs. Adult Supervision for Donald Trump
Moderating the US president and keeping him from erratic isolation may fall to his children and especially his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
February 14, 2017
How Turkey and China Undermine Their Future Prosperity
Ruling by oppression stunts human development and significantly reduces an economy’s ability to advance.
February 7, 2017
US: A Long 1932 – Or More?
Reflections on the present-day challenges for the United States, the self-appointed beacon of “democracy.”
January 30, 2017
Media As “Opposition”? If Only Steve Bannon Were Right
U.S. journalists may balk at the Trump White House calling them the opposition, but that's their proper role.
January 30, 2017
Everything But the Wall: Donald Trump’s Real Plan
What the Trump Administration is likely to do instead to get the immigration outcomes it wants.
January 27, 2017
TPP and the Democrats’ Failure to Manage Globalization At Home
It's a lop-sided world when a Republican billionaire turned President cancels a corporatist trade deal eagerly pursued by a Democratic administration.
January 24, 2017
Trump Goes Brazil: Import Substitution on His Mind
Is the new US President really trying to resolve the competitiveness challenge by relying on outdated 1960s style, Brazilian economic concepts?
January 19, 2017
When Japan Attacked Globalism
In a curious role reversal, it was a Japanese Prime Minister who stole the march on Trump and his anti-globalism chants.
January 18, 2017
Binary Choice and American Politics in the Age of Complexity
The domestic set-up in the US, with two dominant political parties, is not conducive to constructive engagement. It favors paralysis or overreach.
January 16, 2017
Blaming Populists for Making Empty Promises?
The inclination of establishment politicians to overpromise is the core cause of the rise of populism.
January 12, 2017
Political Inversions: Clinton in ’08 and Obama in ’16?
A reflection on the strategic consequences of accidental American political inversions.
January 6, 2017
Rex Tillerson: Perfection of the Bush Stratagem
Is Donald Trump trying to resurrect the times of “Big Oil” – now via the U.S. State Department?
December 13, 2016
The Clintons: A Swan Song
Why did Bill and Hilary Clinton actually achieve so little, despite a quarter century atop American politics? A. They just like talking. B. Can't deliver. C. System won't let them.
December 12, 2016
Why Italy’s Political Leaders Fail So Often
Italy keeps investing itself in false hopes. No political leader can provide magic fixes.
December 6, 2016
How the Clintons Pivoted America
Bill Clinton’s repositioning of the Democratic Party two decades ago continues to leave it adrift.
November 18, 2016
Obama’s Record: We Told You So, 2009-2016
Predictions ahead of and assessments during President Obama's tenure.
November 15, 2016
Did Democrats Fail in 2016 Because of Sexism in America?
Relying on demographic changes, the Democrats expected 2016 to become the End of History for the Republicans. Boy, were they wrong.
November 14, 2016
The Two Clintons: De Facto Republicans
Why some Republicans are about to put one of their own in the White House: Hillary Clinton.
November 5, 2016
Why The Tata Case Is So Global and an Epoch-Making Event
Why the dismissal of the Tata Group’s Chairman is an epochal event in the annals of Indian capitalism.
October 31, 2016
Trump’s Shock Troops and Mainstream Enablers
Does the corrosion of American democracy mimic the Weimar conditions that launched Hitler to power?
October 23, 2016
Brexit: The Worst of All Policy Ideas
Brexit is the UK equivalent of the United States launching the Iraq War: Noble intentions perhaps, but an utterly self-defeatist move.
October 18, 2016
The New Battle For Berlin
Centrality, not hegemony is the name of the German political game. They love network logic.
October 13, 2016
Race for the White House: The Greatest Circus on Earth
Four reasons why the world community should stop paying so much attention to the U.S. presidential elections.
September 17, 2016
TTIP: Yes or No? — A Brief Checklist
Plenty of reasons why Europeans should be very wary to conclude this trade deal with the US.
September 14, 2016
Apple et al.: European Commission as the Last Defender of Public Interest
Apple, Google, Facebook et al.’s prolonged tax cheating further hollows out the already shaky support for globalization.
September 5, 2016
Why the United States and the West Can’t Win With Turkey
Examining the perfectly closed loops of circular Islamist thinking.
August 18, 2016
Will Germans Turn Sour on Turkey-Russia Deal?
Trade flows in agricultural products and the high-stakes games of international sanctions.
August 14, 2016
Merkel and Turkey: Six Fundamental Errors
Does Germany’s Chancellor really not understand the cynical ways in which Turkey’s President plays her? Is it naiveté – or appeasement?
August 12, 2016
Absolute Power: Erdogan’s Self-Made Trap
With next to no obstacles in his way any longer, Turkey’s President will soon run out of people to blame for Turkey’s mounting woes. The country will suffer.
August 11, 2016
Trump: Turn All of America Into Another Atlantic City
Donald Trump made many false promises to the people of Atlantic City. Americans can't say they weren't properly forewarned.
August 6, 2016
Trump’s Mega-Fear: Beaten By a Woman
What could possibly explain the increasing bizarreness of the Trump campaign? It must have to do with the other candidate in the race
August 4, 2016
The Republican Party Richly Deserves Donald Trump
Rather than an outlier, Trump is the perfect front man for the “values” Republicans have been pursuing for well over a decade.
July 20, 2016
The Jingoism of British Conservatives
Leading UK conservatives act as if they know everything. But they know little about the world outside
July 13, 2016
The UK Opts Out: Four Major Effects
High time for a reality check on what the British vote really means – for the UK, Europe and the world.
July 1, 2016
Cameron’s Major Brexit Folly: Britain Needed “Fixing” More Than Europe
When it comes to urgently needed reforms, the British Prime Minister should have focused on Britain first.
June 26, 2016
McKinsey and the Saudi Mirage
Why the Saudi attempt to modernize their society is bound to fail.
May 31, 2016
Vietnam: Recycling An Uneasy History
Discovering world history via a creatively re-bent American icon – a Coca Cola can.
May 22, 2016
Does Saudi Arabia Want to Break Up Yemen?
What could possibly explain the current strategy?
April 13, 2016
Donald Trump Outs Himself as “Bimbo”
This usage, from almost exactly 100 years ago, rather perfectly describes “The Donald.”
April 4, 2016
The Silent Emergence of the Obama Doctrine
The benefits of ending the curious U.S. practice of turning natural allies into mortal enemies: Iran, Cuba, Vietnam.
March 22, 2016
Libya Bombing Revisited: Two Men and World History
A reflection on Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s former Foreign Minister, who just passed away.
March 19, 2016
Goldman Sachs: Hillary Clinton’s Upcoming “Nixon Moment”
Republicans pin fake scandals on the Clintons, but the Clintons create real ones – like Goldman Sachs speeches.
February 24, 2016
The Causes of Hillary Clinton’s Undoing
It is not Bernie Sanders who defeated Clinton. She is doing it to herself.
February 12, 2016
PiS-sing Away Poland’s Future?
Kaczynski’s insistence to look backward is a disservice to a great country that has come a long way.
February 4, 2016
Merkel to Germany: “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
Will the German Chancellor rely on a 1965 blues rock hit by The Animals to explain her course reversal on refugees?
February 1, 2016
Reining in Wall Street: Democracy, Not “Populism”
Sanders and Trump(!) defending the interests of the U.S. middle class is a long overdue exercise in democracy.
January 18, 2016
Barclays Premier League: The New Roman Circus?
How the bosses of English football are using an ages-old concept to globalize entertainment for the masses.
January 16, 2016
That Eerie Feeling About Saudi Arabia
Is the Saudi monarchy echoing the final stages of the Shah’s monarchy in Iran?
January 14, 2016
How France Will Bail Out Germany’s Merkel
In the spirit of European cohesion, France will force Germany to change its refugee policy.
November 27, 2015
Refugees: The Four Forces Driving Angela Merkel
Seizing America’s “future preference” and having grown up behind the "Iron Curtain" help explain Merkel's approach to the refugee crisis.
November 21, 2015
Gun Deaths: An American Prophet
On gun deaths, Americans knew what needed doing half a century ago.
October 8, 2015
U.S. Republicans and Erdogan: The Dangerous Lure of Take-No-Prisoners Politics
John Boehner’s resignation foreshadows the United States’ turn towards completely dysfunctional politics at home, à la Turkey.
October 7, 2015
Beyond Cuba: Washington’s Strategic Neglect of Latin America
Can the United States afford to integrate itself with Asia at the cost of Latin America?
October 3, 2015
Volkswagen: When a German Company Plays With Fire
“Exciting” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when thinking of German business. But neither is "fraud."
October 2, 2015
Francis and Jinping: Like Two Ships Crossing At Night
The Pope and CCP leader would have benefitted from comparing notes while in the US. Alas, that did not happen.
September 29, 2015
Why Joe Biden Should Run With Elizabeth Warren
From day one of his campaign, Vice President Biden needs a running mate.
September 24, 2015
Did Pope Francis Get to His Post Too Late?
How the Catholic Church wasted important time on the urgent road to reinvention.
September 21, 2015
National Liberation Fronts: United Against the Euro
Why establishment parties in Europe are increasingly left defenseless against a hardening opposition against the euro.
September 1, 2015
Yemen and the Alliance of the Deaf
From Iraq to Syria and Yemen, U.S. and Saudi policymakers seem to have learned very little.
August 14, 2015
Joe Biden: Just Bidin’ His Time
Biden-Warren 2016? Joe Biden is one Clinton scandal away from becoming the Democrats' presidential candidate.
August 13, 2015
Trump Vs. Kelly: Just Who’s the “Bimbo”?
The "bimbo" question should not even be a matter of debate.
August 11, 2015
A “Free” Vote on Iran
The anti-Iran hawks will get to vote against the nuclear deal, without sinking it.
August 10, 2015
10 Points: United Airlines — A Weary Frequent Flier’s Lament
Reflections on flying United Airlines.
August 9, 2015
Kasich All the Way!
Why GOP big moneymen would be foolish to pass by Ohio’s governor in the presidential race.
August 7, 2015
Shark Warning: Paul Wolfowitz Takes a Swim
Imagine if the Iraq War architect did not have an American passport – but a Serbian one.
August 5, 2015
After Cincinnati: The Enemy is Within
Police in the US: Just who holds whom in low regard?
August 5, 2015
Selling Out the Kurds
To recruit Turkey against ISIS, the United States lost sight of its true friends.
July 29, 2015
The Iran Deal: Just Another Sales Opportunity
The Gulf countries are lusting for more U.S. military hardware. Washington’s influence peddlers love that.
July 27, 2015
Italy: The (In)Consequential Beppe Grillo
The message remains the same: Just blame Europe.
July 20, 2015
After Charleston: Gun Control and American Cynicism
Will the United States ever get real about the need for gun control?
July 18, 2015
The Two Souls and Two Minds of Lindsey Graham
How is the South Carolina Senator forward-thinking on immigration and climate, but not the Middle East?
July 13, 2015
Europe’s False Hope Moment?
Even if there is a deal with Greece, it may very well not last.
July 12, 2015
Has Tsipras Delivered?
The French bureaucracy's fingerprints are all over Greece's new proposal. Growth remains an afterthought.
July 10, 2015
Donald Trump: The Democrats’ Best Campaign Asset
Money worship and ethnic insensitivity – the Republicans’ toxic combination at the ballot box.
July 8, 2015
Greece: The Franco-German Split Over “Solidarity” in Europe
Why are Europe's two key economies so deeply divided over this issue?
July 6, 2015
Another American Sideshow
Why is so much attention paid to the 2016 race for the White House?
June 30, 2015
Germany and UK: Standing Up to the US?
When Germans and Britons finally find a common cause.
June 25, 2015
The War of Ideas: Does It Exist? Can It Be Won?
What is the big idea (or set of ideas) the West is battling about?
June 13, 2015
Cameron, the Realist: A Message to America
Why the British Prime Minister’s more modest foreign policy goals for the UK should inspire the U.S.
June 4, 2015
Barack Obama a “Progressive”? Teddy Roosevelt Wouldn’t Agree
On Obama’s awkward efforts to defend his trade strategy.
June 1, 2015
UK’s Cameron: Caught in the Syriza/Tsipras Trap
Why Britain won’t get a “new deal” from Brussels and Europe.
May 15, 2015
Germany-UK: Making Up for a Lost Century
Britain and Germany must recognize at long last they have a common future.
May 12, 2015
Vietnam: On the Futility of US Invasions
Why on earth did the US invade Vietnam half a century ago? Have the lessons finally been learned?
April 30, 2015
Greece: Caught Between Nero and Catharsis
The Syriza government has done wonders to unify the rest of the Eurozone.
April 28, 2015
France’s Message to Germany: Back to the 19th Century?
France takes exception to the words of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
April 22, 2015
Eurozone: The Battle Over What Solidarity Means
Are two divergent economic cultures clashing inside the Eurozone?
April 21, 2015
GE and Siemens: What Goes Around Comes Around
A curious role reversal between the U.S.’s and Germany’s largest industrial titans.
April 20, 2015
Candidate Clinton: The Foreign Policy Dimension
Hillary Clinton should shift course on her foreign policy as she launches her second presidential campaign.
April 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton’s Arduous Road to the White House in 2016
The Democratic Party's likely 2016 presidential nominee faces many challenges.
April 13, 2015
Obama: No More Special Treatment for Mr. Modi and India
The U.S. finally announces the installation of an Air Quality Monitor in Delhi – as it did in Beijing in 2008.
February 28, 2015
Germany’s Position on Greece: A Reality Check
It’s not about debt forgiveness now, but what Greece must do to reshape itself.
February 18, 2015
The Transatlantic Battle Over Ukraine
Comparing the 2015 disagreement over Ukraine with the 2003 spat over Iraq.
February 11, 2015
Wishful Thinking About Poverty in America
It takes determination not to see the facts on U.S. poverty for what they are.
January 28, 2015
Modi’s India: A Reality Check
A double take on economic planning and dynamism in India.
January 28, 2015
On Top of India: The Neemrana Fort-Palace
A visit to one of the world’s most magical hotels.
January 25, 2015
An America That Says No – To Itself
After the State of the Union speech, a United States that can’t agree on anything?
January 24, 2015
TTIP and GMOs: The European Race to Please America
The amateurishness and subservience of European politicians coming to Washington knows no bounds.
January 8, 2015
The Jeb Bush Surprise
Intriguing turns and twists of the emerging 2016 presidential race.
January 7, 2015
No NSA Reform, No CIA Reform
Reflections on U.S. politics as an eternal talk show.
December 14, 2014
France’s Sudden Chinese Impulses
Why is the French finance minister invoking other cultures’ diplomatic style to defend France?
December 11, 2014
America’s Mezzogiorno: A Thanksgiving Reflection
Why are U.S. southern states so determined not to serve the very real needs of their poor populations?
November 26, 2014
Visiting India? Battling a Kafkaesque Bureaucracy
Reflections on the amazing difficulties of obtaining a visa to India.
November 24, 2014
Angela Merkel and German Leadership in Foreign Policy
Evidence of German foreign policy leadership – on the UK, Russia and beyond.
November 10, 2014
Global Truths on Putin’s Tirades
Russia’s president constantly undermines his own case on the global stage.
November 6, 2014
Rousseff’s Global Challenge: Do Better Than India
With Modi, India got a new life politically. What about Brazil?
October 28, 2014
Europe’s Rules? Forget About Them
The rest of the world has it all wrong: The EU isn’t obsessing about rules.
October 27, 2014
Oil as a WMO: The West’s Weapon of Mass Obedience?
Will lower oil prices drive Saudi Arabia and Russia to pursue sensible reforms at home at long last?
October 16, 2014
The New Washington Consensus? Deutschland Über Alles
The art of casting Germany both as chief villain and magic wand of the global economy.
October 14, 2014
How ISIS Catches the United States With Its Pants Down
A new form of asymmetric warfare against the world’s biggest military.
October 9, 2014
Modi and Obama: A Study in Parallels
Obama’s case in the U.S. suggests caution is warranted regarding the current hype about India’s one-man show.
September 29, 2014
In Defense of Germany’s Decision to Ban Uber (For Now)
The company has to play by the rules.
September 10, 2014
Willful Ignorance on Foreign Policy
Stability through strength was and is a phantom concept
September 6, 2014
The Five Deadly Sins of U.S. Foreign Policy
Is the United States starting to resemble the Middle East?
August 25, 2014
The Dumbest U.S. Foreign Policy Question Asked This Century
What do U.S. politicians mean when they say they want to save Syria?
August 19, 2014
A Black President?
In too many ways, African Americans aren't much better off today than 50 years ago.
August 9, 2014
Anti-Corruption Fight in China: How India Undermines Progress
India has a free press and elections -- but even more corruption than China.
August 5, 2014
Corruption Campaign in China: What it Means for the World
The arrest of a top official might be the first shot in a battle to root out corruption in China.
July 31, 2014
Hedge Funds as Bottom Fishers
How America’s rich ruthlessly exploit the dysfunctional U.S. political system.
July 30, 2014
Clinton-itis as a National Disease
Clinton moneymaking, national "conversations" and the US policy agenda.
July 26, 2014
U.S. Spying and Europe’s Disillusioned Pro-American Elites
Why are some of Europe's pro-American elites now wondering whether they got it wrong?
July 18, 2014
A Germany That Bets Big
Five unconventional moves that made Germany the 2014 World Cup champions.
July 14, 2014
Iraq’s Predictable Fate
Will the purveyors of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq ever pay a penance for their sins of warmongering?
June 18, 2014
Freeing Poland From the Shackles of Its Debt Mountain
The story of how the transatlantic partners collaborated to help Poland secure a stable future.
June 3, 2014
The NRA: Still America’s Cosa Nostra
The UCSB shooting is yet another monument to the cowering silence the NRA has forced the U.S. public into.
May 27, 2014
The Rise of the “Little Englanders”
Why are anti-immigration parties on the rise in much of Europe?
May 26, 2014
The New Vietnam War
Global ironies in Asia’s continuing struggle for national independence, now against China.
May 22, 2014
U.S. Declinism or Constructivism?
Why are U.S. media and elites so quick to quiet criticism of how the United States conducts itself?
May 22, 2014
Elizabeth Warren: When Political Labels Completely Mislead
The pursuit of consumer rights a 'leftist' agenda? Only in America!
May 15, 2014
Radek Sikorski: Truthteller in Action
A bold voice for a new direction in European foreign policy.
May 11, 2014
Radek Sikorski: Europe’s Next Top Diplomat?
Why Poland’s foreign minister should become Europe’s new foreign policy chief.
May 11, 2014
Africa: We Feel Your Pain (Sometimes)
Power outages in the capital city of the United States are a surprisingly regular feature.
May 9, 2014
South China Seas: When China Perversely Does America’s Bidding
How China's aggressiveness undermines its own long-term interests in Asia.
May 8, 2014
The Creeping Saudi Arabization of America
The U.S. Supreme Court chips away at the separation between church and state.
May 7, 2014
The Disastrous U.S. Habit to Rush Elections
From Iraq and Afghanistan to Ukraine, the U.S. always hopes to get “its man” into office quickly -- with poor results.
May 6, 2014
U.S.-Russia: Seeking Salvation in Sanctions
U.S. foreign policy is driven by acts of symbolism. When they fail, the U.S. is quick to blame others.
May 4, 2014
The Transatlantic World is Falling Apart
The U.S. is issuing frantic wake-up calls on defense – but Europe isn’t listening.
May 2, 2014
Healing D.C.: What Muriel Bowser Must Do
Can the D.C. mayor-in-waiting overcome the racial divide that persists in the U.S. capital city?
April 7, 2014
Zwei Hirten. Zwei Kulturrevolutionen?
Chinas KP unter Xi Jinping und der Vatikan unter Franziskus stehen vor weitgehend gleichen Governance-Problemen -- von Finanz- und Sexskandalen bis hin zum sinkender Gefolgsbereitschaft.
March 27, 2014
Venezuela Today Vs. the Polish Liberation Episode
Pope Francis and John Paul II are both transformative figures.
March 26, 2014
Two Shepherds, Two Cultural Revolutions?
Comparing the agendas and performance of Pope Francis and China’s Xi Jinping.
March 26, 2014
The Meaning of Ukraine’s Big Weekend
Poland’s Sikorski unstoppable for top Brussels post; U.S.’s Nuland now in a chorus with Putin.
February 23, 2014
France and the United States: The Story of Four Amazing Parallels
Two "grand nations" strangely united in the pursuit of wrong priorities.
February 13, 2014
“F*** the EU:” How Victoria Nuland Stirs the Pot in Ukraine
What really caused the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe to speak her mind so clearly?
February 7, 2014
Yes We Can: The NSA and Obama
Why is President Obama so permissive with regard to excesses of the U.S. intelligence apparatus?
January 29, 2014
As Goes Best Buy, So Goes U.S.?
What does the shaky fate of the U.S. consumer electronics chain portend for the economic future of the United States?
January 22, 2014
U.S.-Iran: Two Countries in the Iron Grip of Conservatives
Counting the ways in which Iran and the United States are alike.
January 17, 2014
The Old King is Dead. Long Live the King!
It's time to realize that focusing on the horse race aspect of American presidential politics is precluding actual governance.
December 9, 2013
Angela Merkel’s True Colors
Is Angela Merkel aiming to be the most successful Social Democratic Chancellor in German history?
November 21, 2013
CEO Pay: A Swiss Rebellion
What will be the ramifications of a Swiss referendum on executive compensation?
November 21, 2013
Climate Change as Terrorism Against the People
In view of the typhoon in the Philippines, has the United States misplaced its global priorities?
November 17, 2013
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Nigeria’s “Yes We Can” Minister – A 2013 Portrait
An interview with Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her country's future path.
November 14, 2013
Brazil: An Object of History — or a Subject?
Brazil must act decisively to become a leader or be relegated to an object of history.
November 14, 2013
The Case for President Warren
How about a woman in the Oval Office who isn't Hillary Clinton?
November 12, 2013
The United States’ Self-Defeating Gotcha Culture
Congressional hearings on healthcare.gov: show-trials and perils for democracy.
November 11, 2013
The Incorrigible Senator McCain
How to promote interventions, from Iraq to Syria, without ever being held accountable.
November 8, 2013
Beyond NSA Spying: The Transatlantic Culture Gap
The Guardian op-ed by Stephan Richter and Jan Philipp Albrecht: What can be done to deter U.S. spying in Europe?
October 30, 2013
U.S. Shale Gas: All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
The shale boom in the United States isn't the game-changer its proponents claim.
October 21, 2013
The United States as a Failing State? A Perspective From 2013
A country's success or failure must be measured against its inherent potential.
October 18, 2013
Boehner’s Berlusconi Moment
Will it take the United States 20 years to rid itself of Tea Party obstructionism?
October 6, 2013
The U.S. Civil War Continues
One of the biggest hoaxes of American history is that the Civil War ended back in 1865. Battling over racism then, health care now, U.S. society is still at war with itself.
October 5, 2013
Innovation and Management in China, Germany and the US
Will China follow the U.S. model or the German model for innovation and management?
October 1, 2013
Merkel Greens: Germany’s Next Big Transformation
Why Angela Merkel will ultimately opt for a Black-Green coalition.
September 30, 2013
Systematically Silencing America
How Republicans and their cynical allies deal with America's real problems.
September 24, 2013
Weakened West or Triumph of Democracy?
In a triumph of Western democracy, the interventionist impulses of US and UK are cut down to size.
September 22, 2013
Walmart: Benevolent Dictator of America
After the D.C. mayor’s veto: What’s Walmart’s real game plan — aside from refusing to pay a living wage?
September 13, 2013
Mexico & Brazil: Why U.S. Spying Stings So Much
After the NSA snooping, why are politicians and citizens all across Latin America so dismayed?
September 10, 2013
U.S. Into Syria: Six Key Mysteries
What happens when a bunch of former senators run U.S. foreign policy?
September 10, 2013
Syria: The End of American Omnipotence
How is the Syria crisis forcing U.S. elites to see what the world already knows?
September 3, 2013
The Transatlantic Battle Against Tax Evasion
Why is combating tax evasion so important in the globalization debate?
September 2, 2013
Shadows of Snowden Over the Atlantic Alliance
Beyond betrayal of trust, what about the NSA scandal worries Europe most?
August 27, 2013
What Really Ails Detroit
Stephan Richter's NYTimes Oped: Detroit’s collapse — bad luck, globalization to blame or indicative of a U.S.-wide problem?
August 16, 2013
Rajan Vs. Summers: Two Economists, Two Central Banks
How does Larry Summers, would-be Fed Chair, measure up to India's new central banker, Raghu Rajan?
August 15, 2013
Larry Summers and A Tale of Two Harvard Professors
Why can't a smart man like Larry Summers bring even a bit of compassion and common humanity to his economic analyses?
August 13, 2013
Ben Franklin, America’s First Globalist
What can Ben Franklin's warning to 13 rebellious colonies teach us about global cooperation today?
August 10, 2013
Larry Summers Reloaded
Is it a good idea to make a brilliant man the next U.S. Fed Chairman?
August 2, 2013
Who Is a Globalist?
For all the talk about globalization and the global economy, we ask: Who is a globalist?
August 1, 2013
Data Privacy: When Angela Merkel Leads From Behind
How the German Chancellor turns big political crises into major reforms. After the NSA scandal, it's data privacy.
July 31, 2013
Japan — Viewed from Above
Abenomics is widely hoped to provide an economic turnaround for Japan. But is the prime minister focusing on the right issues?
July 26, 2013
It’s Not a Conspiracy, Mr. Erdogan!
Does it make sense for Turkey's Prime Minister to attack financial markets? They have actually been his country's friend.
July 3, 2013
Syria, Iran and American Forgetfulness
Which nation is the key enabler of Iran's steady rise in the Middle East?
June 17, 2013
Erdogan’s Fundamental Miscalculation
Why do the AK Party's own followers have doubts about Erdogan's path for Turkey's future?
June 14, 2013
Obama’s Cardinal Sin
Why is the U.S. president so keen on excelling by doing his very own opposition's bidding? Is it because he is a non-politician and utter elitist?
June 10, 2013
German Diplomacy and French Intransigence
Have German politicians finally learned the art of diplomacy?
May 31, 2013
France: Sovereignty as a Blocking Statute
Is French leadership strong only when opposing action? Have German leaders finally learned to be diplomatic?
May 31, 2013
Obama’s Third Term
Why is the United States forever engaging in political scandals and horse races -- rather than in the business of governing?
May 17, 2013
Pakistan’s Elections: How to Remake a Society
Could all the suicide bombings and car bombs indicate that the forces of medievalism are losing the battle for Pakistan?
May 10, 2013
Pope Francis: A Martin Luther in the Making?
Is Jorge Bergoglio up to the task of reforming the Catholic Church without breaking it apart? Governance reforms are centuries overdue.
April 16, 2013
American Disingenuousness: Jack Lew Goes to Europe
Why is the U.S. Treasury Secretary urging Europe to adopt the same borrow-and-spend policies that got the United States into so much fiscal trouble?
April 12, 2013
Israel: Gatekeepers of Self-Destruction?
Will Israel be able to create a better political reality in order to save its very existence?
April 3, 2013
Asia’s Lacking Pride
Why would emerging countries copy the unhealthy eating habits of the West, when their own tradition is so much healthier?
March 25, 2013
Mr. Bremer’s Shades of Grey
If a black-or-white political culture is grounds for sending in U.S. troops, then few countries require an invasion more urgently than the United States.
March 21, 2013
The United States: From Global Vanguard to Global Hindrance
The United States used to be the key force promoting global governance. What are the global consequences of America's deeply divided domestic politics?
March 18, 2013
Health Care and the Road to American Serfdom
Individual rights in the United States are not threatened because government is too oppressive. The real problem is that government is too weak.
February 22, 2013
Hillary Clinton and the Art of Defending American Power Linguistically
Why are even America's self-acclaimed liberal internationalists still so keen on being top dog? Will John Kerry follow in Hillary Clinton's footsteps on this issue?
January 31, 2013
Turning Environmental Threats into Profits
How does one turn environmental problems into a threat for the United States and then into a profit opportunity?
January 26, 2013
The U.S. Yearning for Systemic Uncertainty
Why is it that U.S. business and society seem less well prepared to tackle a long-term challenge such as climate change?
January 25, 2013
The U.S. Refusal to See China as a Positive Challenge
Why don't Americans let themselves be spurred to stimulate their competitive juices when they look at China?
January 24, 2013
Optimism as a Force for Good — And Doing Nothing
Can optimism be a substitute for doing really hard work? Or is it just a very transparent excuse for a cop-out on climate change?
January 23, 2013
Climate Change and the Claim to Global Leadership
What is the real challenge President Obama and the American people must urgently resolve?
January 22, 2013
An America That Can’t: A Reflection on Obama’s Second Inaugural
Does it even make sense to hold federal elections in the United States? After all, they never provide any real resolution.
January 21, 2013
The EU: Regulation King by Default
Is the United States' anti-regulation stance undermining its global power position?
January 15, 2013
The U.S. Democrats as a Conservative Party
Despite all the talk about the Republican Party in need of splitting into two camps, aren't the Democrats a more realistic target?
January 5, 2013
The Republicans’ Endgame
Is the best political game plan available to U.S. Republicans to be refuseniks?
January 4, 2013
When the United States Strikes Out
How does the world's largest economy perform on the three most important tasks to create a better global economy?
January 3, 2013
Guns and Taxes: America’s Double Cliff
Is the U.S. becoming fundamentally incapable of agreeing on the most basic issues of fairness and decency?
December 21, 2012
President Elizabeth Warren: An Angela Merkel in the Making?
Will 2016 finally bring the arrival of a woman in the Oval Office? How about somebody other than Hillary Clinton?
December 11, 2012
Obama’s Bullhorn Moment in New York
Will the United States finally launch a massive infrastructure renewal initiative?
November 14, 2012
Yes, There Will Be a Social Revolution in America
Is it time for an American Spring?
November 13, 2012
How the Republicans Empower U.S. Minorities
Why are the Republicans so keen on creating their own worst nightmare?
November 9, 2012
Election 2012: America’s Weimar Complex
Why are Americans hesitant to elect their president by a direct popular vote?
November 5, 2012
The Silent Revolution Inside the IMF
The global balance of economic power is changing — and the IMF is changing right along with it.
October 30, 2012
Post-Election Agenda: Destigmatize American Government
What is the most potent move to improve the competitiveness of the United States on the global stage?
October 4, 2012
Human Back-Up Systems
Is the Western world too reliant on the ease and simplicity of e-commerce?
September 29, 2012
The Democrats, Viewed Globally
Was the multigenerational, multiracial and multiethnic Democratic convention a reflection America's melting pot society?
September 14, 2012
Tackling Too Big To Fail: The Most Important Rightsizing in U.S. History
Why is it taking so long to write and implement new U.S. financial reform regulations?
September 11, 2012
How China’s Approach in Africa Complements the West’s
Can China's market-building approach to Africa complement the West's tradition democracy-building approach?
September 6, 2012
Norbert Walter — An Appreciation
To Norbert Walter, Germany needed shaking up. Constantly. His presence in the debate over the country's economic future will be sorely missed.
September 1, 2012
Germany and China: The New Special Relationship
What is motivating Germany and China to pursue their new "strategic dialogue?"
August 30, 2012
From Iraq to LIBOR: Excessive Risk-Taking and Democratic Accountability
What is it about U.S. and UK financial and foreign policy elites that has them engage so willingly in excessive risk-taking?
August 9, 2012
How ASEAN Should Assert Itself Globally
Should Westerners abandon the use of business jacket and tie for the sake of global warming?
July 28, 2012
The United States in Egypt: A Fully Hedged Position
How is Washington simultaneously pursuing democratization and a restoration of military rule in Egypt?
July 16, 2012
The German Strategy on the Euro: A Pre-Summit Roadmap
How does Germany see its role, and what are its real intentions and specific plans, with regard to saving the euro?
June 26, 2012
U.S. Health Care: An Exercise in Stalinist Industrial Economics?
Isn't it time for the United States to find a more efficient economic model for managing health care?
June 25, 2012
Italy’s Fateful Choice
Is Italy in danger of finding itself outside the umbrella of nations Germany and its partners are willing to support?
June 22, 2012
France’s Epoch-Making Choice
Will Francois Hollande choose to make France like Germany or to make France like Italy?
June 20, 2012
Bureaucracy as a Root of American Prosperity
Remember how the U.S. government blazed the trail of innovation, societal progress and modernization in the United States?
June 5, 2012
The Editor and His Dog: A Tribute
What's a writer to do when he's looking for the next great idea or opening line?
May 19, 2012
The United States and the EU: Capitalisms Compared
Which model of corporate governance is doing a better job of striking a balance between the needs of business and the need of society, the U.S.'s or the EU's?
May 18, 2012
Martin Luther and the Eurozone: Theology as an Economic Destiny?
Could Martin Luther's life have provided a suitable rule of thumb to identify which countries should be in the eurozone and which should not?
May 14, 2012
The Tragedy of Turkish Food
How might Turkey's relations with Europe be different if it had engaged in food diplomacy?
May 12, 2012
After the French Elections: The Potential Benefits of Hollande
With the election of François Hollande, could France be in for a repeat of its transformative early-1980s experience?
May 8, 2012
Benjamin Franklin, America’s First Franchiser?
Discover how the polymath and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin gave shape to one of America's most potent business concepts.
May 5, 2012
Domestic Incapacitation and Foreign Policymaking
Has the world reached a point where all major nations are too troubled at home to engage meaningfully in foreign policy?
April 27, 2012
The Battle for the Future of America: Catholics Vs. Victorians
Is the dominance of Protestant thought in U.S. politics bound to be challenged?
April 17, 2012
Is Obama Suppressing His Inner Romney?
What effects will the Romney candidacy have on President Obama's positioning and political rhetoric?
April 12, 2012
Rethinking the Purposes of American Education
Is the success of higher education in the United States dependent on debt?
April 11, 2012
The Case for German Leadership on Health Care
Could the Germans actually be more "capitalist" than the Americans? Let's consider drug prices.
March 30, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court, Healthcare Reform and Domestic Political Peace
How is it possible that today the Supreme Court marches backwards so steadfastly, given the supposedly self-restraining power of precedent?
March 26, 2012
Goldman Sachs and the Vatican: Two Cultures of Infallibility
What do two of the world's most powerful institutions have in common?
March 19, 2012
Europe’s Greece, America’s Afghanistan
Why are the investments Europe and the United States made in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively, failing to bear fruit?
March 16, 2012
Just Who Fears Democracy? On the Need to Update the American Republic
How have today's Europeans turned out to be the real practitioners of the American notion of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"?
March 14, 2012
Russia alla Puttanesca
Where does Russia find itself in the world of today? What's the real balance sheet of the Putin era to date?
March 2, 2012
Ringfencing Greece
Is Europe's primary goal to fix Greece — or to keep Greece from contaminating the rest of Europe?
February 22, 2012
21st Century Coffeehouse Society
How are U.S. coffee shops turning into the office away from the office?
February 18, 2012
How China’s Government Becomes Ever More Like America’s
Is China infringing on another U.S. copyright — the Byzantine ways and means of the U.S. federal government?
February 17, 2012
Merkel Vs. Lagarde: The Two Titans of the Global Economy
Will Angela Merkel and Christine Lagarde find common ground in order to resolve Europe's — and the world's — economic crisis?
February 2, 2012
Egypt One Year Later: Going the Way of Iraq?
Why is Iraq's democratic transition a less-than-perfect model for Egypt?
January 27, 2012
Mitt Romney: Occupy Wall Street’s New Poster Boy?
Could Mitt Romney provide an unlikely focal point for the long-suppressed U.S. debate about economic and social equity?
January 20, 2012
The International Outlook for 2012
2011 witnessed enormous global developments. What lies ahead in 2012?
January 4, 2012
The New Europe: A Wobbly France Is Rebalanced by a Strong Poland
In the new Europe, alliances are thankfully built on performance and competence, not tradition and habit.
December 12, 2011
Mitt Romney Vs. Republican Bigotry
Will anti-Mormon bigotry among Republicans help reelect President Obama?
December 2, 2011
Don Berwick and the Railroading of America’s Social Sciences
How is polarization in Washington making it nearly impossible for qualified individuals to join the top ranks of the U.S. civil service?
November 30, 2011
Environment and American Leadership: Two Worlds Collide
What does the differing coverage of environmental issues in the Chinese and U.S. media say about these countries' changing leadership roles?
November 29, 2011
Financial Markets as Drug Pushers
Could the misdeeds of markets cause a rupture in the acceptance of market institutions?
November 23, 2011
Is the CEO of Whole Foods Nuts?
Why are libertarian policy solutions woefully inadequate in an increasingly complex world?
November 22, 2011
Occupy Wall Street and America’s Un-Representative Democracy
How do Egyptians, Iranians and Chinese look at the way U.S. authorities are handling the Wall Street protests?
November 17, 2011
The New German Dialectic
Can Angela Merkel make the case for Germany to lead a deeper European integration process?
November 16, 2011
U.S. Message to the BRICS: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Is "soft power" just a friendlier-sounding way for the United States to dominate the world?
November 9, 2011
Turning Toward Asia? A Reality Check for Hillary Clinton
Is boastful U.S. rhetoric indicative of a desire to cling to a world that is no longer in reach?
November 4, 2011
Occupy Wall Street and the Missing American Revolution
What is the historic context and potential significance of the protest movement directed against Wall Street?
October 27, 2011
A Preview of the French Elections: The Benefits of Hollande
Could it be that France is in for a repeat of its transformative early 1980s experience?
October 19, 2011
German Liberals’ Last Dance?
Will Germany have a nationwide CSU at last — in the form of the FDP?
October 14, 2011
Will Europe Rise to the Occasion?
How successfully is Europe coping with its unprecedented fiscal challenges?
October 3, 2011
The Increasing Irrelevance of the U.S. Presidency
The weakened office of the President raises very serious questions about the ability of the United States to adapt to modern times.
September 23, 2011
Europe: The Continent That Follows Rahm Emanuel’s Maxim
Did former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel really utter his most famous words — "Never let a serious crisis go to waste" — in vain?
September 14, 2011
Greed or Fear: What Drives the U.S. Corporate World?
How were corporate managers gripped by fear long before, and wholly independent of, 9/11?
September 12, 2011
Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen and Sartre
Does Woody Allen now see New York as heaven, as hell or as earth — or all three combined?
September 5, 2011
What Chile’s Student Protests Can Teach the United States
Will U.S. students take a page from their Chilean brethren and protest the high cost of college education?
September 2, 2011
Is China Going Up in Smoke?
Why has China's government done little to stop the country's smoking epidemic?
August 26, 2011
A Lament for San Francisco
How is an increasingly dilapidated San Francisco symbolic of the challenges facing the United States?
August 23, 2011
Message to All: End the Global Economic Blame Game
Why is blame-shifting far from the ideal response for a world that finds itself in considerable trouble?
August 17, 2011
The United States Beyond the Two-Party System
What is really stifling a vigorous, solutions- and future-oriented American democracy?
August 15, 2011
After the S&P Downgrade: It’s Anybody’s World
Does the U.S. credit downgrade mark the end of the country's economic dominance?
August 9, 2011
The Taiwanese Fox in Mainland China’s Henhouse
Why must one wonder whether Foxconn is not an arm of the Taiwanese intelligence services?
August 8, 2011
U.S. Politics as “Societal Malware”
Can a poorly operating political system infest a country like a computer can fall prey to a virus?
August 5, 2011
Today’s Europe and the Twisted Benefits of Rating Agencies
Why can rating agencies do more to improve the financial health of countries than anything else?
July 27, 2011
Julian Assange: Villain or Hero?
Why should the United States actually thank WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange?
July 26, 2011
Blaming Merkel: Reflections on the Art of Scapegoating
Do those who demand stronger leadership from Angela Merkel miscomprehend the nature of democratic regimes in modern times?
July 19, 2011
The Historical Significance of the Battle Over Elizabeth Warren
Is the United States really a consumer paradise — or is it a republic of the consumed?
July 15, 2011
How Groupon and LivingSocial Celebrate Deflation in America
Why do social buying websites owe much to the Japanese practice of deflation?
July 14, 2011
Fixing Immigration: If Not Now, When?
Will the United States ever get around to fixing its immigration system?
June 30, 2011
A Co-Directorate for the IMF? Say Yes to Lagarde and Carstens
What's a creative solution to give the emerging market countries their fair leadership share in the IMF?
June 21, 2011
NATO in Libya: The Saga of the Tortoise and the Hare
Imagine Europe had rapidly brought to bear all the firepower imaginable in Libya. Would the world be better off?
June 17, 2011
Tackling Iraq or Abandoning Nuclear Energy? U.S. and German Adventurism Compared
Germany is abandoning nuclear energy. What can the world learn from this type of "adventurism"?
June 15, 2011
BRICS: Add "T" for Turkey
How has Turkey's prime minister succeeded in modernizing his country?
June 10, 2011
Angela Merkel and German Foreign Policy
Are Germany's recent foreign policy missteps evidence of a new neo-isolationist tendency?
June 7, 2011
Pawlenty’s Reach and the 2012 Surprise
From Barack Obama's perspective, could Tim Pawlenty turn out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing?
May 27, 2011
Social Media and the Revival of American Democracy
How could Facebook, YouTube and Twitter help to limit the role of money in U.S. politics?
May 26, 2011
Washington Is As Dysfunctional As U.S. Relations With Pakistan
How is the U.S.-Pakistan relationship reminiscent of that between Democrats and Republicans?
May 20, 2011
The End of American Centrality
Why are world-shaping events increasingly passing the United States by?
May 5, 2011
Message from Singapore: When the West Is No Longer in Control
What does Singapore's finance minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, think about the future of the global economy?
April 28, 2011
Gordon Brown Vs. Larry Summers: Battle of Global Economic Titans
Is Gordon Brown a credible candidate to lead the IMF in the future?
April 21, 2011
U.S. Cultural Bias and New Economic Thinking
Does the embrace of American exceptionalism nix the prospect of new economic thinking emerging from the United States?
April 20, 2011
Tim Geithner: Eternal Optimist, or Soothsayer?
Why does the sitting U.S. Treasury Secretary act more like the marketing department of the New York Stock Exchange?
April 18, 2011
Obama and the Surprising Return of the Moderate Republican
Contrary to conventional wisdom, how has moderate Republicanism made a comeback in Washington?
April 12, 2011
Will Arizona Lead the Global Anti-Obesity Revolution?
Why might Arizona become known as the launching pad for America's battle against the obesity scourge?
April 7, 2011
Yes, There Will Be a U.S. Infrastructure Bank
The only question is: Will it be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese central bank?
March 16, 2011
The U.S. and China: Global Economic Twins
Do the United States and China both struggle with economic fairness and political accountability?
January 19, 2011
The Leadership/Followership Paradox
For all the American focus on leadership, could it be that what's missing is followership?
January 12, 2011
Reinventing America: Putting the “US” Back into the United States
Why does such a high degree of corrosive disunity persist in the United States?
January 7, 2011
Divided Government Revisited
Did the era of divided U.S. government really only begin when the Republicans took over the House?
January 6, 2011
Reflections on Downtown Chicago
What can the rest of the United States learn from Chicago's institutions of higher education?
December 31, 2010
Middle Class and Globalization: A Historical Perspective (Part II)
Is the United States getting serious about reinvigorating its middle class?
December 21, 2010
Middle Class and Globalization: A Big Power Comparison (Part I)
Which nation stands to lose the most compared to its own expectations, projected path and historic experiences?
December 20, 2010
Is the U.S. Middle Class at a Turning Point?
Is the United States prepared for economically stressful times?
December 17, 2010
Europe as a Figment of the Republicans’ Imagination
Is the Republican Party's castigation of Europe nothing more than a political diversion tactic?
December 10, 2010
The American Dream Is Alive and Well…In China
Could it be that the Chinese now believe more in the American Dream than do Americans themselves?
November 23, 2010
Obama: Not Shellacked, But “Lasched”
Is two years enough time for politicians to stay in office and get concrete results?
November 19, 2010
Obama and Merkel at the G20: Loved in the World, Unwanted at Home
Why are Barack Obama and Angela Merkel more popular abroad than at home?
November 12, 2010
Larry Summers: Economic Idolatrist, or False Prophet?
Why has the former U.S. Treasury Secretary gone from hyping the United States to breathlessly promoting India?
November 5, 2010
Where Fox News Gets It Right
Why should the mainstream media take a page from Fox News and offer clearer connections between issues?
November 2, 2010
The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon Stewart
Why Jon Stewart's rise may signify bad news for the United States — and the world as a whole.
October 28, 2010
“Defeating the Taliban”: Naïveté and the American Empire
While modern "Rome" is burning, why do U.S. foreign policy elites keep meddling in overseas adventures?
October 26, 2010
U.S. Health Insurers: Scamming a Hurried People
Why are U.S. health insurance companies as difficult to deal with as bureaucracies in Soviet-era Russia?
October 21, 2010
Britain: A Normal Country, At Long Last (Like Germany)
How has the UK's coalition government succeeded in reinventing British politics and society?
October 19, 2010
Dateline America: What’s So Horrible About Being Anti-Colonialist?
Is President Obama really an anti-colonialist, as Dinesh D'Souza argues? And so what if he is?
October 14, 2010
Amazon and the Era of American Enlightenment
What will the growing popularity of online book buying mean for Americans' pocketbooks, the environment — and independent bookstores?
October 8, 2010
Fiscal Keynesianism for the Upper Classes
Keynesian measures are politically very contentious in the U.S. -- even one it comes to applying them to the upper classes.
October 1, 2010
The Illogic of Czech President Vaclav Klaus
What accounts for Czech President Vaclav Klaus's extreme skepticism about Europe's future? Could he simply be channeling Ayn Rand?
September 30, 2010
The German Presidency: Another Resignation in the Making?
In the wake of potential scandals and major missteps, how long will it be before Germany's new president resigns?
September 24, 2010
Dateline Shenzhen: Hu Wants My Wallet
Despite the country's astounding recent economic success, how is China living in the years 2010 and 1980 simultaneously?
September 10, 2010
America’s G2 Obsession
Is a "G2" consisting of China and the United States really a wise strategy for America?
August 6, 2010
The Scarecrow of State Capitalism
Is state capitalism really a scheme to paralyze free-market democracies, as some prominent analysts argue?
July 30, 2010
Why Obama Can Only Dream About Being David Cameron
Why does President Obama have plenty of reasons to secretly admire David Cameron, his British counterpart?
July 20, 2010
"Since" — or: BP’s Deadly Truth in Advertising
What does the BP oil spill reveal about the global consequences of corporate — and national — risk-taking cultures and preferences?
June 3, 2010
Dateline China: Mr. Zhou Takes on Western Finance
Might China's Communist Party present a better training ground for today's financial edifices than the practices prevailing in the West?
May 25, 2010
The American Bankers Association as a Debt-Pushing Brigade
Is it really wise to open the credit spigot to those who can't afford it?
May 18, 2010
Dateline UK: In Praise of Coalition Governments
Has the time come to consider new political arrangements among opposing political camps?
May 13, 2010
Nick Clegg: Springtime for Britain?
Do Americans really have to worry about an outbreak of anti-Americanism in the UK?
April 29, 2010
Goldman Sachs and the Vatican: Two Cultures of Infallibility
What does the world's most successful financial firm need to learn from the travails of the Catholic Church?
April 23, 2010
America’s Regulation/Supervision Paradox
When it comes to financial markets, why is supervision as crucial as regulation - if not more so?
April 21, 2010
The U.S. Healthcare Debate: Still Catching Up to Bismarck
Will U.S. leaders finally strike the same bargain that Germany's arch-conservative leader pulled off back in 1883?
February 25, 2010
The New BSE Syndrome
Has the United States fallen victim to another BSE syndrome, this time in the political sphere?
January 27, 2010
Lula, Not Bernanke, for the U.S. Fed
How would Brazilian President Lula make a better U.S. Federal Reserve chairman than Ben Bernanke?
January 21, 2010
Princelings, Inc.
What really unites the United States and Japan in their current doldrums?
January 14, 2010
America’s “Lost Decade” Is Already Behind It
Could it be that America's "lost decade" is already behind it?
January 8, 2010
After Copenhagen: The Future of Globalism
Are we at an impasse where the road to global agreement is clogged indefinitely?
January 7, 2010
The Decade of the Double Zeroes
How will the current decade be described in history books?
January 6, 2010
Dateline Turkey: Outsourcing and U.S. Foreign Policy
What mindsets define the relationship between Turkey and the United States?
December 7, 2009
Why Afghanistan Is Lost
Will 30,000 additional U.S. troops help President Obama turn the tide in Afghanistan?
December 3, 2009
Americanism and Globalism: Joined at the Hip
Is globalism an inherently anti-American concept? Nothing could be further from the truth.
November 13, 2009
Kerry’s Rookie Mistake?
Is the Obama Administration grooming John Kerry to be the next U.S. Secretary of State?
November 5, 2009
Yukio Hatoyama and Globalism
Why is the new leader of the world's third largest economy so against the idea of globalism?
October 23, 2009
Madame La Presidente?
What are the arguments for electing a woman as the first President of Europe?
October 16, 2009
Tony Blair: A Dorian Gray for Europe?
Is Europe better off with a president whose personality reflects Europe's admittedly more staid nature?
October 15, 2009
B.O. = G.O.?
Will President Obama's legacy be a world where non-Americans are the true agents of change?
August 28, 2009
Sotomayor: America’s Global Advantage
How does the rest of the world view Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court?
July 23, 2009
Obama, the (Foreign Policy) Realist
Did President Obama's recent trip to Europe really prove he is too nice to lead effectively?
April 10, 2009
Versailles, Take II?
What parallels may emerge between the G-20 and the aftermath of World War I?
April 3, 2009
Hope Is From America
Why does the "hope" factor, even on a global scale, remain tied to the United States?
March 6, 2009
Larry Summers: From Global Economic Mandarin to a Domestic One
Why should Larry Summers now shift his focus away from the global economy?
February 19, 2009
The Common Sense Revolution
What would happen if the organized inaneness so engrained in the United States' economic and political fabric were removed?
January 30, 2009
Are You a Minister? (Or: It’s All About the Money, Stupid!)
An amazing conversation on the role and responsibility of elites in the U.S. capital.
January 23, 2009
Vaclav Klaus, Philosopher-King
How does one best comprehend Vaclav Klaus, the Czech President?
January 16, 2009
Lessons for Europe From the Global Financial Crisis
Are European investors getting sucker-punched by U.S. financial innovation?
January 9, 2009
The News of Tomorrow: McCain Replaces Palin with Romney
Will this week bring a surprise announcement from the McCain campaign?
September 29, 2008
Prime Minister McCain?
Might it be John McCain — and not Barack Obama — who is best able to forge a bipartisan governing coalition?
September 4, 2008
Ford and the Transatlantic Learning Community
How have rising oil prices brought the U.S. and Europe closer together?
July 31, 2008
Milling Around at Starbucks: An Open Letter to Howard Schultz
What needs to be done to reverse Starbucks' declining business fortunes?
June 20, 2008
Obama’s Veep Sidekick
Why should New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg be on Barack Obama's vice presidential shortlist?
April 8, 2008
Madam Vice President Condoleezza Rice
In what way has Condoleezza Rice announced her candidacy to become John McCain's vice president?
April 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton’s Xenophobia (Part II)
How does the world community feel about Hillary Clinton and the implications of her promises to the American people?
March 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton’s Xenophobia (Part I)
What do Hillary Clinton's campaign tactics against Barack Obama reveal about her worldview?
March 12, 2008
The Clintons, Mubaraks and Bushes
How does Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak deal with charges of creating a political dynasty?
March 3, 2008
Obama’s Secret: The Son Bill and Hillary Never Had
Beyond all the attention on the delegate race, what's the real story behind how Obama unhinged the Clinton campaign?
February 20, 2008
Hillary Clinton and Biblical Justice?
Why might the Bush clan be secretly rooting for Hillary Clinton's presidential fortunes to improve?
December 14, 2007
Iran and Intelligent Opposition
Are U.S. intelligence services a more effective counterweight to the Bush Administration than the U.S. Congress?
December 6, 2007
The United States and the Rise of Anti-Chinaism
What are the real reasons behind the increasingly broad-based movement in the United States of blaming China?
November 1, 2007
Poland Wakes Up from a Bad Dream
After the October 2007 elections, is Poland finally ready to stop tearing itself apart from the inside?
October 25, 2007
Microsoft and General Gates
What global image problems is Microsoft encountering — thanks to the U.S. government?
October 11, 2007
Dateline Burma: Monks, Not Bombs, a Revolution Make
Is an inverted tin cup a more potent trigger for democracy than any airforce?
October 4, 2007
Dateline Pakistan: Lawyers as Revolutionaries?
Is Pervez Musharraf the Gorbachev of Pakistan — or the Shah of Islamabad?
October 2, 2007
Now He Tells Us
Why is Alan Greenspan just now getting around to criticizing the Bush Administration?
September 20, 2007
Subprime People?
When a crisis hits, is there a tendency in the United States to just blame the people?
August 30, 2007
Minneapolis and Melodrama (Part II)
In light of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, how can the United States regain its inner strength?
August 10, 2007
Minneapolis and Melodrama (Part I)
What does the reaction to the tragedy in Minneapolis reveal about America's purpose and resolve?
August 9, 2007
Chirac, the Movie
As Jacques Chirac's political career draws to a close, have his personal traits served him well in leading France?
May 4, 2007
Dateline Afghanistan: Should German Soldiers Fight? (Part II)
Is it the right of mature democracies to help less fortunate nations secure a prosperous future?
April 27, 2007
Dateline Afghanistan: Should German Soldiers Fight? (Part I)
It seems smart for Germany to not take part in NATO's Afghanistan force. But is it also honorable?
April 26, 2007
The NRA as America’s Cosa Nostra
Why is the U.S. public remaining curiously silent on gun control after the shootings at Virginia Tech?
April 20, 2007
Stop Those Girls!, or: The Don Imus and Nancy Pelosi Show
When it comes to foreign policy under the Bush Administration, is it 'Boys Only, No Girls Allowed'?
April 13, 2007
The POP (Public Opinion Poll) Superpower
Why is it dangerous to legitimize U.S. foreign policy decisions through opinion polls?
March 23, 2007
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Car Industry — Brothers in Arms?
What surprising parallels emerge between the beleaguered U.S. car industry and U.S. foreign policy?
March 16, 2007
News of Tomorrow: Cheney Resigns
Which of the GOP's rising stars will step in to replace Vice President Dick Cheney?
March 9, 2007
The Good Austrian
How has Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger shown surprising global leadership?
March 2, 2007
The News of Tomorrow: Tata Buys Chrysler
What is real and what is fictional about a plausible new owner for the Chrysler Group?
February 23, 2007
Miss Disingenuity
Has Hillary Clinton fallen victim to the classic Washington disease — of being for something before you turn against it?
February 16, 2007
Brian Williams — Staying the Course
Is Brian Williams stirring up the world of mainstream journalism?
February 16, 2006
U.S. Unions — Beggar Thy Employer?
Are U.S. unions to blame for the troubles of key U.S. industries?
August 1, 2005
The Real Newsweek Scandal
Why was a crucial story missing from Newsweek's U.S. edition?
May 20, 2005
Europe — As Irritating as Women’s Lib?
Four theses on where the United States stands vis-à-vis Europe.
February 25, 2005
Mr. Bush in Europe — Leadership Primacy No More
Can U.S. and UK policymakers maintain their agenda-setting power after Iraq?
February 21, 2005
Vaccines: The Ultimate Form of U.S. Outsourcing
Should the United States have a strategic vaccine reserve?
October 14, 2004
Iraq and 21st Century Liberation Theology
What key lesson should Poland's 1980s experience have provided for the liberation of Iraq?
October 1, 2004
Wanted: An Extra 20 Million U.S. Voters
Does Indonesia's high voter turnout make it the world's second-largest democracy?
September 24, 2004
Hollywood as a Tool of German Foreign Policy?
Have the Germans discovered an alternative to war in order to conduct their foreign policy?
May 28, 2004
The Bob Woodward Peep Show
Do the U.S. media absolve themselves through Bob Woodward's latest book for having failed to do their job?
May 11, 2004
Islam — The Power of Women
Can societies continue to survive if they exclude women from professional life?
February 4, 2004
The Second Boston Tea Party
Should the U.S. pharma industry worry that the rebellion against prescription drug costs will turn into a replay of 1773?
January 26, 2004
Libya and Transatlantic Cooperation
Are recent events heralding nations' push toward non-proliferation — or is this just a happy interlude?
December 23, 2003
U.S. Anti-Communists’ China Fears
Shouldn't Americans be grateful for China's smooth transition to the market economy — instead of trying to undermine it?
December 11, 2003
Bush's America and Icarus's Flight
Are U.S. foreign policymakers flying too close to the sun?
November 7, 2003
Globalization Vs. Democratization: Doubly Unfinished U.S. Business?
From globalization to democratization — has the United States embarked on yet another unfinished business?
October 31, 2003
Joe Wilson and the Car Mechanic
How much can U.S. media learn from car mechanics when it comes to courage and service mentality?
October 24, 2003
Iraq’s Railways and Amtrak
Is U.S. reconstruction policy abroad more sensible than it is at home?
October 14, 2003
Tony Blair: Dr. Faust — Or Mephistopheles?
Does the British Prime Minister resemble a German literary character?
September 19, 2003
Will You Still Love Us Tomorrow?
In view of 20th century history, should Poland still be worried about its German neighbor to the West?
September 2, 2003
The Washington ‘PR’ess Corps
Have the U.S. media become followers instead of leaders in enabling informed public discourse?
August 22, 2003
An American Heroine
Will U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson bring a new spirit to Capitol Hill?
July 31, 2003
The Neo-Imperialists
Will today's leading U.S. thinkers be known in the future as the 'Most Grandiose Generation'?
July 25, 2003
Italy’s Oligarch: The Berlusconi Story
Has Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi brought back a medieval style of power play?
July 8, 2003
The U.S. Media and Global Respect
Is the U.S. media such an opinion-shaping force it believes itself to be?
April 11, 2003
The U.S. Congress Vs. the United Nations: Profiles in Courage
Has the U.S. Congress become irrelevant to U.S. foreign policy decisions?
March 26, 2003
Lucky Bastards — or Geniuses?
Are some world leaders just lucky — or are they brilliant visionaries?
March 21, 2003
Germany — Drifting No More
Is the European shift to the east changing how the international community views Germany?
March 12, 2003
A Historic Weekend
Does March 1, 2003 mark a major turning point for both the United States, Turkey and the world?
March 4, 2003
Bush — 0 for 3 in ’04?
Is George W. Bush failing to make good on his promises to the American people?
February 27, 2003
A Turkish Peace Plan?
How will the American people react, once they realize that war-making is a pay-as-you-go business?
February 21, 2003
Reverse Domino Theory
Is George W. Bush applying the "Domino Theory" to the countries of the Middle East?
February 20, 2003
The Oil Spoils of Iraq
Can U.S. allies —such as France, Russia and Germany — afford not to support war in Iraq?
February 11, 2003
Chemical Weapons and European Memories
How does U.S. recalcitrance on chemical weapons treaties appear to Europeans?
February 7, 2003
Back to 1913?
What are the lessons of the breakdown in globalization in 1914 for today?
February 6, 2003
Are America's Allies Loyal?
How should the United States respond to criticism from its allies?
January 29, 2003
How Qatar Dominates the World
How did Qatar's capital Doha emerge as one of the most important world capitals in the 21st century?
January 14, 2003
North Korea: Just Who's Pulling the Marionette's Strings?
Which is the one big power to gain from the U.S.-North Korean stand-off?
January 8, 2003
The 2004 Race: Martin Sheen for U.S. President?
Do the U.S. Democrats have any viable candidate for the 2004 presidential elections?
December 17, 2002
Schröder and Bush: Political Brothers in Arms
What do the parallels between U.S. and German elections mean for the White House?
November 7, 2002
Tony Blair's 1812 Reasons, Plus One
How to solve the riddle of why the British Prime Minister is so keen to stand on President Bush's side?
September 24, 2002
A Wake-Up Call for Germany
What should tell the Germans once and for all that they are collectively moving in slow motion?
September 17, 2002
Washington’s Power/Powell Politics
How does the Bush Administration treat its own Secretary of State? Stephan Richter provides an inside Washington perspective.
September 6, 2002
A Peculiar Form of Global Harmony
Does the current U.S. economic downturn make Americans appreciate the Asian crisis of 1998?
July 16, 2002
Can America Count?
Are U.S. financial services becoming the laughing stock of the world?
July 1, 2002
The Globalist Manifesto: Who is a Globalist?
For all the talk about globalization and the global economy, we ask: Who is a globalist?
May 17, 2002
A Marshall Plan for the 21st Century?
Today, America is the world's unchallenged superpower. But how it chooses to take on the responsibilities of such a role makes a huge difference to world politics and the global economy.
April 12, 2002
Lamy, Steel and the World
Is EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy trying to bring about a historic role reversal in world politics?
April 1, 2002
The New Global Aid-Defense Standard
Is there an emerging global standard linking aid and defense spending levels?
March 19, 2002
How Europe Finally Happened
How much can children teach you about the new Europe now taking shape?
January 19, 2002
Bin Laden — Promoter of Globalization?
Did the September 11 attacks achieve the exact opposite of what bin Laden had in mind?
November 28, 2001
U.S. Anti-Terrorism Strategy — First Kill All the SUVs
Do you think Americans are willing to change their way of life in light of the terrorist attacks?
October 17, 2001
Who’s Driving that Jag?
What are the early signs that Poland is closing the gap with its Western European neighbors?
September 24, 2001
Pictures at a Chinese Exhibition
How does China's capital Beijing compare to Asian mega-cities?
September 17, 2001
Russia’s Nigeria Connection
Does Russia's economy resemble that of late 19th century Germany — or present-day Nigeria?
September 5, 2001
Stakhanov — Made in U.S.A.
Do you think U.S. President George W. Bush models his energy policy on Stalin?
May 23, 2001
Top Five Reasons Why California Resembles an Asian Tiger State
Is California growing an economy look like its neighbors across the Pacific?
January 26, 2001
Welcome to the Boeing Panda House
What's the ideal way to demonstrate the strong bond between the United States and China?
March 2, 2000