The Globalist

Are the Beijing Olympics a pinnacle of China’s rise — or a pitfall?

How does the emergence of China look through the prism of a Westerner’s life?

South Korea performs as well as Nordic economies on avoiding child poverty.

A successful program’s future is in doubt.

In its blind effort to reinvent Poland’s past, the current government turns former employees of the country’s security services into scapegoats.

For the country’s poor, the American dream is a living nightmare which is heightened by Trump’s ill-conceived budget.

Having met an earlier goal of reducing extreme poverty, can the world end it?

Half of all people living in extreme poverty worldwide reside in sub-Saharan Africa.

How many people worldwide are living on less than $1.90 per day?

Hidden within Palestine’s contested West Bank, one man brings joy through music to the local people.