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 ...

In an era of polarization, algorithmic amplification, elite capture, and institutional distrust, Gita Wirjawan conversation with Tom Ginsburg asks a deeper question: what sustains constitutional ...

LONDON — Saudi researcher Abdulaziz Al-Adham Al-Quaishish has presented an academic study that questions the conventional portrayal of democracy as the “ideal” system of governance, using Switzerland ...

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 ...

The story of Spain’s King Juan Carlos had the makings of a model monarch. He was anointed only two days after right-wing dictator Francisco Franco’s death, and in his early years, he was seen as ...

As Thailand attempts to right itself after two months of political turmoil, the future of the country’s monarchy, probably its most important institution, will be a central part of the debate. In ...

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 Conversation) — Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions explains what’s behind these protests. (The ...

(Reuters) - Nepal's 239-year-old Shah dynasty became the latest monarchy to tumble on Wednesday, after its ruling Hindu royals were outmanoeuvred by a decade-long Maoist insurgency and displaced by a ...