The Globalist

What can Pakistan’s elections tell us about the coming fate of India’s reformers battling stifling corruption?

Could the Western democratic system be only a transitory phenomenon in the long history of humankind?

What are the biggest challenges confronting Latin America and the United States?

What is the historic context and potential significance of the protest movement directed against Wall Street?

Did the era of divided U.S. government really only begin when the Republicans took over the House?

Do free-market principles often face a tougher battle in the United States than in supposedly socialist Europe?

In what ways does Teddy Roosevelt serve as a role model for Barack Obama?

Can China produce its own model of democracy separate from Western ideals?

How did Putin — like his predecessor Catherine the Great — turn Russia’s gaze inward rather than westward?