The Globalist

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

Just how important are improvements in domestic governance for China’s future development?

Do the ghosts of Northeast Asia’s past imperil the region’s future stability and prosperity?

Are the consumer democracies of the West becoming ungovernable, while authoritarian China moves into the future?

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

Could such sensitive issues as Muslim relations, maritime activities and international investments tip the United States and China into greater enmity?

Is China’s purported innovation in green technology real — or is it largely a scaling up of current inferior technologies?

What would today’s global economic landscape look like had Nixon not gone to China in 1973?

Where in the world are Chinese leaders looking for inspiration to improve China’s future?