The Globalist

What do an insolvent Egypt and a disintegrating Syria mean for the governance of the Middle East?

What does propaganda look like in the age of Twitter?

Western leaders more or less unthinkingly assume that democracy will eventually triumph worldwide. Are they correct?

What did the Arab Spring do for the rights of women in the Middle East? And how can the West help?

Will the 2011 revolutions in the Middle East give way to a counterrevolutionary movement that rolls back its reforms?

Could Egypt’s economic and financial problems be even worse than the political ones?

Why is Iraq’s democratic transition a less-than-perfect model for Egypt?

How did a humble Tunisian fruit vendor unleash a tide of protest throughout the Arab world?

How do Egyptians, Iranians and Chinese look at the way U.S. authorities are handling the Wall Street protests?

Can Egypt’s military be trusted to allow democracy to take root in the country?