The Globalist

China’s rise, the spread of Islam and the arrival of Europeans had a profound effect on the region.

In the history of globalization, what was more successful — Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, or Vasco da Gama’s discovery of India?

The suicide of fashion designer Kate Spade highlights the rising trend of people taking their own life in the United States.

Though the populists have triumphed in Italy, examples show that populists often abandon their most dangerous demands and their euro scepticism in the pursuit of power.

For all the attention given to Greece, is Portugal really that much better off?

How much clout does Brazil have in today’s global economy?

Would eurobonds create more problems than they would solve?

Why does it make sense to divide the European Monetary Union into a Northern EMU and a Southern EMU?

How will building up Greece’s capital base provide a long-term solution to the country’s fiscal woes?

How is the global economic crisis generating a political backlash — even in the prosperous core of the eurozone?