The Globalist

By Frank Vogl and Stephan Richter, January 20, 2020

The shortsightedness of the United States in allowing arms production facilities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE is unbelievable.

By Aykan Erdemir, January 19, 2020

Is Turkey turning into a Russian puppet? Vladimir Putin is showing a remarkable ability to reverse Erdogan’s Syria ambitions.

By Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, January 18, 2020

Media reports about India’s new citizenship rules and its impact on Muslim minorities swings between the tendentious, the comical and the absurd.

By Stephan Richter, January 16, 2020

The Russian President aims at staying in power forever. Who are his role models?

By Barry Wood, January 15, 2020

Will China really halt technology transfers that it has required under many joint venture deals with U.S. companies?

By Stephan Richter, January 14, 2020

The two messages from the Iranian people to their leaders: First, for all your gloating about Iran’s nuclear arsenal, nobody can eat nuclear weapons. Second, we want a different future.

By Uwe Bott, January 14, 2020

What the Democrats must do to avoid Donald Trump’s reelection in 2020.

By Behzad Yaghmaian, January 13, 2020

Iranians have endured 40 years of war with their own government, eight years of war with Iraq and an ongoing economic war with U.S.

By Stephan Richter, January 12, 2020

Trump claims that the Democrats want to bring “socialism” to the United States. He obviously hasn’t read the preamble to the US Constitution.

By Andrés Ortega, January 11, 2020

The decade that has just ended, the 2010s, was marked by the crisis that began in 2007-08, and it was accompanied by the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

By Tom Clifford, January 10, 2020

The standoff between the United States and Iran helps China to build out its energy and trade routes throughout the Middle East.

By James M. Dorsey, January 9, 2020

The moves on the Iraqi gameboard show that when it comes to warfare, military strategy and conflict management, Iran plays chess while the US plays backgammon.

By The Globalist, January 8, 2020

A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring Iran -- its people, economy and its military.

By The Globalist, January 7, 2020

Iran and the West have had a turbulent relationship for many decades. The causes and effects are complex.

By James M. Dorsey, January 6, 2020

What lessons should protest movements learn from the last decade as we move into the 2020s?