The Globalist

Shanzhai: The disruptive potential of innovation from below.

What are China’s biggest challenges?

Top features on Japan’s uncertain future.

The dynamism of China’s economy owes much to small-scale entrepreneurship.

Top features on Putin’s Russia.

Informal markets are telltale symbols of the modernity brewing in Shanghai.

Ukraine’s tumultuous year in review.

A young couple in New York City try to panhandle enough money to raise a child.

An English village knock-off serves the ritual of the modern Chinese wedding.

The consequences of the lengthy failure of the United States to address Afghan corruption.