The Globalist

What role did the famous author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” play in the debate over American slavery?

How does the history of the U.S. national anthem reflect the country’s long struggle with racial, economic and gender inequality?

Are U.S. politicians ready to tell their people that the day is near when the United States will no longer be the globe’s number one?

What flaws do conservative Chinese thinkers see in Western democracy compared with their own system?

Highly distinctive characteristics of East Asian societies have shaped the region’s politics. Are family traditions changing because of modernization?

How do we reconcile the growth of oil sands with the fact that we’re entering a carbon-constrained future?

Are countless acts of genocide the destiny of the human race?

Western leaders more or less unthinkingly assume that democracy will eventually triumph worldwide. Are they correct?

Just as the drone is an appropriate metaphor for the current age of globalization, the thistle captures the essence of tribal societies.

Could the Western democratic system be only a transitory phenomenon in the long history of humankind?