The Globe
Geopolitics, statecraft, and foreign correspondence
The Atlantic, seen from the coast of Cornwall. The ocean that once bound two continents in common cause now marks a widening strategic gulf.
The Globe
The Silence of the Atlantic
As Europe charts its own strategic course and Washington turns inward, the transatlantic alliance enters an era of polite estrangement that neither side is willing to name.
LONDON·James Cavendish·11 MIN READ
The Globe
Dispatches from the New Silk Road
Along the ancient trade routes from Xi'an to Istanbul, China's Belt and Road Initiative is rewriting the geography of global commerce — and the political allegiances that follow.
SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN·11 MIN READ
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The Nordic Experiment
Scandinavian social democracy, long held up as a model for the American left, reveals itself on closer inspection to be something far more complex — and far less transferable — than its admirers suppose.
STOCKHOLM·9 MIN READ