THE NARCISSISTIC MARK
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS How should we understand what’s happening to American culture? Why is a fire eating away at our civilization? The Cosmopolitan Globalist interviews David Berlinski.
Current Affairs
IS THE EU’S DEMISE AT HAND?
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS A key member has seceded. Others have turned authoritarian. Russia is encroaching. Its response to the pandemic has been ineffectual. Is the EU dead?
THE PANDEMIC: LETTERS FROM OUR READERS
THE COSMOPOLITAN GLOBALISTS, EVERYWHERE Views from our readers, around the world, in quarantine.
POPULISM AND PANDEMICS
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS Countries led by populists will fare worse in a pandemic than countries led by bland, sober technocrats who graduated from elite universities.
ADVICE FROM YOUR FUTURE
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS If you’re in America, you may be wondering what awaits you in the days ahead of this pandemic. Just ask us here in Western Europe. We know.
THE DANGERS OF PARTISANSHIP
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS Whatever the cause of hyperpartisanship, it’s a global phenomenon and a deadly dangerous harbinger of total democratic breakdown.
LIFE IN LOCKDOWN: THE VIEW FROM FRANCE
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS Everyone in France has been ordered to stay inside our homes. We may not step outside without a permit.
HOW THE US BECAME INCOMPETENT
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS We are no longer competent enough to pull off an election—or manage our nuclear stockpile. Why has the US become an incompetent nation? The reasons go far beyond partisanship.
THE BATTLE OF CULIACÁN
EL ANTI-POZOLERO The bloody seizure of the entire city center of Culiacán by one of El Chapo’s sons signals Mexican state collapse. There is a war underway. It won’t stop at the border.
NOTES ON THE YELLOW JACKETS
CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS These aren’t mere protests. This is an insurrection. The police don’t have the manpower to maintain order—and they’re calling on Macron to bring in the military. But what would happen if he did?