The Globalist

The fall of the Berlin Wall signaled a rebirth of freedom, liberating millions who had been trapped for two generations on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain.

How the market economy changed lives: East Europeans assess 30 years of freedom.

How the market economy changed lives: East Europeans assess 30 years of freedom.

Making personal loyalty the measure of all government, as Donald Trump does, was tried in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.

Putin rules like a Czar, deeply conservative, fearful of unrest, placing stability above all else.

What happened when China was eclipsed by the rise of neighboring Japan?

How does the emergence of China look through the prism of a Westerner’s life?

In its blind effort to reinvent Poland’s past, the current government turns former employees of the country’s security services into scapegoats.

The U.S. and China may seem completely out of step – but face many of the same challenges.

Communist censorship kept Sgt. Pepper away from the ears of people behind the iron curtain.