Nathan Gardels
Editor-in-Chief

Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute. His previous roles include editor-in-chief of The WorldPost and editor-in-chief of New Perspectives Quarterly. He has also served as editor of Global Viewpoint and Nobel Laureates Plus, both services of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate/Tribune Media.


Gardels has written widely for The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper’s Magazine, U.S. News & World Report and The New York Review of Books. He has also written for foreign publications, including Corriere della Sera, El Pais, Le Figaro, The Straits Times (Singapore), Yomiuri Shimbun, O’Estado de Sao Paulo, The Guardian, Die Welt and many others. His books include “At Century’s End: Great Minds Reflect on Our Times” and “The Changing Global Order.” He is co-author with Hollywood producer Mike Medvoy of “American Idol After Iraq: Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age.”


Gardels is co-author with Nicolas Berggruen of “Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism” and “Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century,” a Financial Times Book of the Year. Gardels holds degrees in Theory and Comparative Politics and in Architecture and Urban Planning from UCLA. 


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September 22, 2017
We are leaving the postwar era that saw the U.S foster the founding of the U.N. and entering what may be a prewar period of global disorder.
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September 16, 2017
The brutal crackdown on Myanmar’s Muslim minority is a reminder of ethnic violence in Rwanda and Bosnia.
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September 9, 2017
The WorldPost talks to a Hollywood producer, discusses China’s nationalistic blockbuster and previews artist Ai Weiwei’s film about the refugee crisis.
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September 6, 2017
Inventor and investor Bill Joy describes a breakthrough technology that can speed the de-carbonization of the planet.
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September 1, 2017
The primal drive for recognition in the global pecking order tests reasoned restraint in the North Korean crisis.
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August 25, 2017
White supremacy is a lost cause. Former President Bill Clinton advises “mix and move on” as the U.S. becomes a majority-minority country.
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August 24, 2017
In 2044, the country will be majority-minority.
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August 18, 2017
If incendiary bluster slides into military conflict, the populations of South Korea and Japan are in harm’s way.
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August 11, 2017
Elections in Rwanda and Kenya yield mixed results. In South Africa, cronyism wins the day.
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August 4, 2017
Illiberal rulers from Venezuela to Poland are assaulting constraints on their power. In Italy, anti-elite populists are using the internet to empower citizens and upend...
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July 28, 2017
Beijing is reviving the ancient Silk Road routes and claiming the South China Sea like America once claimed the Caribbean.
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July 21, 2017
When U.S. intervention smashes established authority, even more brutal forces fill the vacuum.
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July 14, 2017
It’s now the G-19+1, with Russia in the club and America as the outlier.
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July 7, 2017
Scant attention is given to non-American views when it comes to dealing with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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June 30, 2017
Hacked elections, fake news, search engine manipulation and criminal cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common.