It has now been more than a quarter century since the United States, the European Union (EU), Japan and more than 100 other countries came together to conclude the Uruguay Round global trade agreement ...

There was a time, not so long ago, when globalization seemed to herald the arrival of a new world order. As David Brooks pointed out, many assumed that greater prosperity, the adoption of more Western ...

Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high point.