globalist perspective

4 min read 2021-12-04 07:25:51

Can We Pull Back From the Brink?

By James M. DorseyReligious and ethnic intolerance around the world threatens to spin out of control. The world is balancing on the edge of an abyss

1 min read 2021-11-27 04:47:27

By Grete FaremoA sustainable approach to the Covid-19 pandemic could produce better health systems: We need to pay more attention to the last mile

1 min read 2021-11-16 08:32:40

By Barry WoodReflections on the life of the late South African President. In Shakespeare’s drama about the plot to kill Julius Caesar, the 16th

1 min read 2021-10-23 06:00:55

By Geetika JainWe usually experience a new place through the sense of sight and taste. Sound, however, is often ignored.We usually experience a place

1 min read 2021-10-21 01:49:22

By James M. DorseyThe extremes of the political spectrum are crushing the political center and breeding radicalism There is controversy over a

1 min read 2021-10-16 04:43:47

By Pallavi AiyarThree large Asian nations -- China, India and Indonesia -- are polyphonic and geographically diverse. They all made different choices

1 min read 2021-10-15 02:07:46

By James M. DorseySocietal struggles and reform often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into Central

1 min read 2021-10-12 04:43:27

By Andrés OrtegaAre we really capable of negotiating our collective future? While it is not the customary view, the world may be seen as three

1 min read 2021-09-22 22:49:33

By Thomas MayerThe three candidates to succeed Angela Merkel as German Chancellor are woefully unprepared to deal with geopolitical pressures.The

1 min read 2021-09-09 21:59:25

By Pallavi AiyarHow Japan’s culture of overwork and lack of personal space makes life even more difficult for men than women.The image Globally,

1 min read 2021-09-08 08:42:09

By Bernard WasowWhy do so many people still oppose vaccination for COVID?Roughly one in every five adults in the United States is strongly opposed to

1 min read 2021-08-26 19:59:55

By Branko MilanovicA tale of gas and oil, opium and hypocrisy: If climate activists are unable to convince the richest country in the world of the

1 min read 2021-08-01 06:00:24

By Geetika JainLike the world’s dwindling forests, the stars at night are also in danger of disappearing.How many of us are able to look up and

1 min read 2021-07-31 10:06:53

By César ChelalaThe sorrow, regret and guilt at the death of a sibling hit émigrés hard.The news fell like a bomb detonating close to me. Was it

1 min read 2021-07-28 19:06:58

By Branko MilanovicCan privileged social scientists produce great breakthroughs?Recently I read, rather by accident than design, short lives of