The Globalist

Amid mass demonstrations in Brazil, what is working and what needs improvement in the country’s political processes?

Why do the AK Party’s own followers have doubts about Erdogan’s path for Turkey’s future?

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

What does propaganda look like in the age of Twitter?

Despite its growing economic and political power on the global stage, why doesn’t China want the world to view it as a model?

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

Japan has a problem of overrepresentation of rural voters in their political system, as does the United States. Is Japan making progress?

Can the EU overcome the differences in style and substance between its two key members — France and Germany?

Why is the United States forever engaging in political scandals and horse races — rather than in the business of governing?

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