Outside the Beltway

Richer than Germany 20 years ago, it’s now poorer than Mississippi.

A requiem for something lost.

Western intelligence services are sounding the alarm.

It’s huuuuge!

Our closest ally and trading partner is balancing against us.

The question mark is for the peak, not for the cowardice.

A slow-moving disaster.

The quest for the elusive Peace Prize continues.

An actual move to acquire Greenland by force or coercion would be a massive line for the Trump administration to cross.

So says Denmark’s prime minister.

Debates about whether Trump is strong or weak often ignore the fundamental fact that he has power.

It’s likely to be great for the economy, but not for most of the people in it.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

Thoughts on an unnecessary confrontation.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

The Western sphere widens.

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

A century-old cartel has been broken.