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 ...

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 ...

Former prime minister of Nepal and one of the architects of Nepal’s constitution, Baburam Bhattarai, sat down for an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Nepal faces deep governance failure, Sujeev Shakya explains how political cartels hollowed out the state, why monarchy is being revived as a Hindu nationalist symbol, and how society survives ...

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 ...

The coronation of King Charles III is a good time to look at what is useful about the royal family. By Amanda Taub The weather was wet, the eyes dry and the hats knew no peer in the modern world. In ...

We host a roundtable on the life and legacy of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at the age of 96. She was the country’s longest-reigning monarch, serving for 70 years and presiding over ...