The Globalist

What role did vodka play in restructuring Russia’s economy after communism?

How did restrictions on vodka consumption speed up the collapse of communism?

Can Russia’s recent history be explained through a vodka glass?

The surprising way in which historical choices present themselves in cycles that are 100 years apart.

A former U.S. budget director asks why the United States continues to gear up for global war.

Why the U.S. strategy to remake Afghanistan after 9/11 was bound to fail.

The U.S. is issuing frantic wake-up calls on defense – but Europe isn’t listening.

Has the Czar single-handedly rescued our “American Way of War”?

What was the human cost of Russia’s 20th century trials and tribulations?

Looking at Russia’s recent actions in a historical context.