The Globalist Research Center: 2012 Highlights

Globalization has radically changed global income dynamics. So who has won and who has lost?

China is betting its economic future on investments in alternative energy sources.

Has the United States lost the set of civic values that made it exceptional among nations?

Is the widespread use of statins such as Lipitor responsible for America’s politics of anger?

Is the decline of the United States as an economic superpower inevitable? Or can it avoid the mistakes of past superpowers?

Can the inhuman act of a single person lay bare the neuralgia of an entire people?

If Reagan is the father of modern U.S. conservatism, Ayn Rand is certainly its mother.

If pesticides, fertilizers and genetically-modified seed aren’t good for the planet, who are they good for?

Africa’s leaders need to rebuild the relationship between market and state, while supporting human development through education and social support.

Can the fragmentary and chaotic process of resolving sovereign debt crises be made fairer and more effective?

Is Africa in danger of giving up its abundant natural resources and still losing the economic development game?

Will the economic costs of secession keep Europe’s separatist movements in check?

What steps can be taken to slow the world’s population growth without engaging in “population control”?

Are new sources of oil getting harder and too costly to find, extract and distribute?

What will happen if Greece’s current government fails and the neo-communist party Syriza takes over?