The Globalist

Just who is copying whom?

Can the incoming Iranian president outmaneuver his country’s hardliners on foreign affairs? Will that enhance global governance?

What are Iranian voters expecting from the June 2013 presidential election compared with the 2009 election and Green uprising?

Are the “red lines” set by the United States for weapons of mass destruction a lot less sharp in a post-Iraq Middle East?

Should Israel’s nuclear collaboration with South Africa’s apartheid-era regime change the way we think about the prospect of a nuclear Middle East?

Will the recent protests in Tehran give birth to an Iranian Spring?

Is Brazil about to change the rules of diplomacy?

Could Brazil displace the United States as the leader in global diplomacy?

Can Iran and North Korea change their behavior absent a change in the character of their regimes?

How do China’s past instances of civil unrest compare with Iran’s current situation?