The Globalist

How the bosses of English football are using an ages-old concept to globalize entertainment for the masses.

Is the Saudi monarchy echoing the final stages of the Shah’s monarchy in Iran?

Iran is likely the world’s second-most prolific user of the death penalty.

A recent mass execution puts into focus Saudi Arabia’s heavy use of the death penalty.

Why does Beijing prop up an unhelpful ally regime that could spark a major war?

Is Poland turning into another South Africa, where strong suspicions disable the country and hollow out the economy?

America is emerging as safe haven for the world’s super-rich and their money – honest and ill-gotten alike.

The final year will cap Obama’s global legacy, but also set the pace for his successor.

What lies beneath the fear-mongering in the U.S. Presidential elections?

Farmers in Nicaragua still subsist off corn, the crop that made civilization possible in Mesoamerica.