India's Dalits (former untouchables), for example, who have empowered themselves through electoral politics, have been suspicious of the campaign's motives.

BBC: Will India's anti-corruption campaign implode?

Amartya Sen, a Nobel laureate and writer on the politics of famine, says rising demand (for example, from the Asian middle classes) and not failing productivity is the main reason for the current crisis.

ECONOMIST: The world food summit

For Israelis, the roiling debate on Iran is just another example of the way Israeli politics work.

CNN: Israeli politics in tailspin over Iran