The Globalist

Civil strife has forced a craftsman from the mountains of Peru to live off what he can create with his hands.

A brief history of presidential travel.

An enterprising Ghanaian man works with a team of locals to produce stunning bicycles from bamboo.

Asian martial arts films have inspired young people in Burkina Faso to pick up karate.

Half of the top ten have had women heads of government or state.

Which countries led the way on women leaders and which are outliers at the top?

An innovative start-up in Egypt provides a means for local farmers to use clean solar energy on their farms.

Has Iraq’s extensive use of the death penalty done anything to deter terrorism?

There is a recent decline of capital punishment in one of the two remaining industrialized nations with the death penalty.

In which of the following regions do women account for the largest share of college students? A: North America, B: Latin America, C: Eastern Europe, D: Sub Saharan Africa