The Globalist

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

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?

Are U.S. sanctions against Iran strengthening the economic and financial position of its competitors, including China, India and Turkey?

Can Pakistan be persuaded to stop supporting insurgents — and thereby not nullifying U.S. progress in Afghanistan since 2010?

How are Pakistan’s internal and external conflicts holding the country back from its economic potential?

How will Saudi Arabia and China influence the outcome of the West’s standoff with Iran?

Can sanctions on oil exports provide enough bite to induce Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions?

How did the fall of the USSR give rise to a global order characterized by peace and economic development?

How did a tense scene at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961 almost lead to nuclear war?

Is America's optimistic spirit of renewal more likely to reassert itself in Brussels than in Washington?