Involvement in issues beyond the immediate scope of one’s personal life and work, undertaken for the greater good, is more important than ever.

Regimes fell in Syria and Bangladesh, marking unexpected defeats against a rising tide of authoritarianism in the world.

Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025. In a year in which countries representing almost half the world ...

Amid a challenging global landscape in 2025, democracy, though bruised, remains resilient. Key elections across continents ...

Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the RUSI think tank and the author of the book Russia in Africa, described the collapse ...

In a year in which countries representing almost half the world's population called voters to the polls, democracies endured ...

The reason the KMT has targeted the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法) and the Public Officials Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法) first is that it wants to remove any impediments to its ...

Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

Winston Churchill, speaking to the House of Commons in 1935, said, “Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would ...

It intensified after Iran’s Revolution. 2024 in Review New Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows. The ...