The Globalist

While pioneering Japan is no longer home to the biggest high-speed rail network in the world, it remains premiere.

The fledgling network does not compare well to other countries with high-speed trains.

From zero to leader in a decade.

Electrification has been slow to convert the passenger automobile market, despite recent leaps.

How China’s high-speed rail network beat global expectations.

What does the end of U.S. and European global dominance mean for the world economy?

How can Egypt stand at the edge of a new period of modernization and opening up in the Arab world?

How can we turn cities into even greater engines of innovation and models of sustainability?

How does the United States stack up to Europe when it comes to environmental matters?

What must happen before the relationship between China and the West can go any further?