Global Politician is a serious journal about politics and world affairs. It was started in 2004, with the objective of providing news, analysis and views not covered by mainstream media.

Editor-in-Chief David Storobin says that Global Politician doesn’t follow party lines, but instead publishes stories written from all points of view: left, right, Islamist, Zionist, radical, mainstream, centrist.

He points out the differences between story selections at GP compared to what’s in the mainstream media.

Most of the stories GP publishes, he says, “are either not covered in the media or not covered from the perspective our writers present.”

The journal features the “straightforward and sometimes politically-incorrect analysis” that often characterises blogs and alternative media. 

Its sections cover a variety of topics: specific regional issues, such as ‘Immigration and Multiculturalism’ in Europe; a coverage of international organizations, such as the International Monetary Forum and the World Bank; a more specific chapter dedicated to political ideologies, from ‘Globalization and nation branding’ to pure political theory.  Interviews with influential people provide interesting analysis of international affairs.

A Q&A with the founder of Project Gutenberg eBooks, Michael Hart, gives insights into culture sharing in the public domain and how it affects business models and copyright issues.

While the Tsunami led the world attention to Sri Lanka, an interview with Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga reveals how the event didn’t see the government and the Tamil rebels united to solve the ethnic conflict that affects the country.

The Global Politician claims it “avoids paranoid conspiracy theories, self-promotion, personal attacks, but does allow politically-incorrect opinions so long as they are not hateful.” “We wouldn’t allow a 9/11 conspiracy as a Jewish act,” says Storobin, “but we would allow an article criticizing the Jewish lobby.”

The objective of GP is, according to Storobin, “to open the eyes of the readers to issues and views not covered by AP, NY Times and CNN.”

Many times, he says, mainstream press misses important news, and GP writers focus on those.

GP relies on a network of about a dozen regular contributors, but also allows submissions from established experts, published authors and people with graduate degrees.

E. Delaini

Published: September 14, 2007