We’ve never had a democracy — I don’t see a democracy anywhere — Israel can claim that it’s a democracy, but in this region, really what has worked the best, whether you like it or don’t like it, is a ...

Great Britain’s 10 days of national mourning upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II featured splendid pageantry, music and burial services unlikely to be seen on such a grand scale again. Critics of ...

King Charles III's automatic accession to the throne, making him Britain's new head of state, is an "affront to democracy", according to a campaign group seeking to abolish the monarchy. Charles III ...

There’s an old saying: If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck… it’s a duck. The same logic applies to the current president. If he acts like an autocrat, openly declares his intent to be a ...

As Britain’s King Charles III is officially coronated, the “empire on which the sun never set” is looking a little shabby. In addition to the United Kingdom, 14 former British colonies still maintain ...

The foundational pin holding the American rule of law together is that no man is above it. Early on, when George Washington refused to be king, he did so in recognition of man’s worst instincts. If ...

In a period of democratic decline in Southeast Asia, Thailand is sometimes held up as an outlier; compared to a raging civil war following a military coup in next door Myanmar, the arrest and banning ...

Liberal voters have intensified their scrutiny of the Thai monarchy in recent years. Conservatives have responded with a campaign to defend the institution at all costs. By Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita ...