The Globalist

Have the people of Egypt succumbed to a herd mentality justifying any action by the state?

Is Australia’s success as a country dumb luck — or is it due to its inclusive and democratic institutions?

Our list of the top 10 issues facing the world in the coming year.

Which current African leader has led his country the longest?

A unity coalition government may be only way out of Thailand’s political impasse.

Mandela was human, too. When you make something divine, you put it out of reach for yourself.

What will be the ramifications of a Swiss referendum on executive compensation?

Congressional hearings on healthcare.gov: show-trials and perils for democracy.

How common are protests in China, despite the serious ramifications towards those who do so?

Europe’s democrats must end the almost religious hold of the EU technocrats.