As it stands now, Europe has lost its self-confidence, its energy and its hopes that the next century will be the “European century.” From Beijing to Washington—and even in Brussels it-self—the Old Continent is widely viewed as a spent geopolitical force, as a great place to live but not a great place to dream.

Location, location, location is key for ICE Trust U.S., a new clearinghouse that trades credit default swaps, the complex financial instruments at the heart of one financial crisis after another, from Lehman Brothers to AIG to Greece.

All four pillars of the Anglo-American alliance have been weakened, but its future is still in our hands.

The Financial Secrecy Index is a new tool for ranking jurisdictions
according to the transparency of their financial markets.

Charles Hill’s Grand Strategy and Literature surprises and enthralls.

What made U.S. banks take such disastrous risks? Not what we’ve been led to think.

Perhaps the strangest thing about black America today is how little we talk about it.

President Obama’s Science Envoy and a Nobel laureate in chemistry has an idea for restoring America’s image in the Middle East.

The market democracies of the world, whether European or American, will remain the big kids on the block for the foreseeable future.

While Europeans and Americans argue about who has the more attractive model, the rest of the world is increasingly being tempted by a third option.