The Globalist

How a feminist backlash became a campaign issue in the South Korean presidential election

Why do we Germans learn so little from very relevant Asian countries in fighting the pandemic?

COVID 19 will change trade relations among Asian countries themselves, as well as between the U.S. and Asia.

Social cohesion will be critical in this new world of the COVID 19 crisis. Asia’s case proves that social cohesion is Janus-faced, working in two opposite directions.

What “firsts” in economics, politics, technology and demographics occurred in 2010?

The most pivotal insight for the post-American world order is that the pursuit of economic self-interest and self-preservation go hand in hand, whether at the national, regional or global level.

Why the world must hope for a positive continuation of the Korean rapprochement.

Nobody should underrate the role played by corruption and the Samsung Group in the sudden moves in both Koreas.

South Korea’s and Brazil’s former Presidents are being jailed for corruption. South Africa’s ex-leader appears to be next.

How does cohesion develop in Asian societies? And which factors determine its strength?