Protesting the atrocities of the past should not become an excuse for ignoring the injustices of the present.
Merkel´s Bismarck Moment 2020/21
Will Germany learn to live up to the harder part of its global responsibilities?
Can Macron Save Lebanon From Its Political Class?
Lebanon needs a new state, not new visits from the President of France.
Boris Johnson: Africa and the Commonwealth Beware
Johnson thinks Africa can benefit from adopting more British values. He wants it to be a carbon copy of its former colonial masters.
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.
“Nice” China? The Aloofness of Pax Sinica
Given its inherent sense of superiority, could China — once a global hegemon — be more peaceful than its Western (and especially U.S.) predecessors?
China in My Life — A Personal Journey: The 1960s
What happened when China was eclipsed by the rise of neighboring Japan?
Colonialism Applied to Europe: Mazower’s “Hitler’s Empire”
The most distinctive character of the Second World War is that it was Nazi Germany’s war of extermination in Russia.
Hong Kong: The West’s Last Colony
Hong Kong was the last significant Western colonial possession. Its handover to China marked the rise of Asia.
Charlie Hebdo and the Project of French Identity
What to do when you are no longer the next universal vision for humanity?