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Inequality à la San Francisco: A Warning for America’s Future

By Alexei Bayer

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Meet Pallavi Aiyar

By Pallavi Aiyar, April 11, 2021

A lifelong globalist and globe-trotting journalist joins The Globalist as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and lays out her vision.

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South Sudan’s Fragile Peace

By Alon Ben-Meir, April 9, 2021

The peace accord to end the civil war in South Sudan remains fragile and needs international support.

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Immigration: Biden’s Biggest Foreign Policy Test

By Jeff Faux, April 8, 2021

Why only a Marshall Plan for Central America has a shot at dealing with the region -- and why it makes political and economic sense.

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Appreciating sakura in Japan

The Moment When Japan Explodes, Each Year

By Pallavi Aiyar, April 8, 2021

Reflections on Japan, a culture driven by hyper-accuracy and anticipatory nostalgia, and its obsession with the cherry blossom season.

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Reining in Facebook and Google: A Common Transatlantic Project

By Steven Hill and Stephan Richter, April 7, 2021

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.

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Global Cuisine: Migraines in Beijing and Jet Lag in Thailand

By Julia Watson, April 4, 2021

How the food industry turns you into an addict.

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China Vs. the West: An Epic Global Battle Is Brewing

By Denis MacShane, March 29, 2021

Could Magnitsky-style social media campaigns challenge authoritarians like Putin and Xi?

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Merkel’s Fall from Grace

By Holger Schmieding, March 25, 2021

Germany’s long-term leading government party faces an uncertain political future.

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Myanmar and the Oppressive Side of the Digital Revolution

By Andrés Ortega, March 23, 2021

Surveillance technology devices from the West and the East have become essential tools for seeing through a coup d’état in the digital age.

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The Radicalism of Turkish, Not Saudi, Schoolbooks

By James M. Dorsey, March 21, 2021

Mr. Erdogan’s actions at home undermine any suggestion that he is adhering to values projected by Europe and U.S. President Joe Biden.

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Global Cuisine: The Art of Cooking Rice Pudding

By Julia Watson, March 20, 2021

From salt, butter and soy: Food fashion (and science) are changing.

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The US Republicans’ Putin-Style “Managed” Democracy

By Stephan Richter and Alexei Bayer, March 15, 2021

Yet more evidence that US Republicans are close soul mates of Russia’s President when it comes to restraining democracy.

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The US Secret Prison that Housed Leading Nazis

By Heinrich Kreft, March 14, 2021

Prominent Nazis were interrogated after the end of World War II in a U.S. prison codenamed "Ashcan" south of Luxembourg. From there they were sent to the war crimes trial in Nuremberg.

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Caught in a Net?

By Julia Watson, March 13, 2021

The perils of shrimping in Vietnam.

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Harry’s and Meghan’s Clever Commonwealth Ploy

By Denis MacShane, March 10, 2021

The Oprah Winfrey interview lights a fire that is consuming the British royals.

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The G20’s Economic Weight

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The Scale of G20 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By The Globalist on December 2, 2018

G20: How Many Countries Really?

By The Globalist on December 1, 2018

The G20 by Population

By The Globalist on December 1, 2018

Battery Production: Low-Risk Lithium (and Nickel)

By The Globalist on November 12, 2018

Energy Extraction Politics in the Renewable Age

By The Globalist on November 12, 2018

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