Tag: Democracy

Four years after he plunged the country into chaos with his 2021 coup, Myanmar’s commander in chief, Min Aung Hlaing, handed power over to an interim government—led by himself. Observers ...

Many Americans, worried about what has become of their democracy under U.S. President Donald Trump, are beginning to wonder whether and how it can recover once he leaves office. While ...

Since late July, Ukraine has been gripped by the most serious domestic political strife since Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president in 2019. Amid an intensifying wave of Russian drone and ...

In a carefully choreographed ceremony on July 11 in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 30 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) symbolically burned their weapons. This unprecedented act was a signal of ...

Following dismal results in Japan’s parliamentary elections, there is a broad consensus among Japanese lawmakers and political analysts that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s days are numbered. No one, however, seems ...

Only six months into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has already wrought unprecedented chaos upon the government and society of the United States. He issued more than 20 ...

On July 26, Taiwan will set a new record for a developed democracy, holding recall referendums for 24 opposition legislators as well as one opposition mayor. This is nothing to ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s most ardent supporters sometimes depict him as a new Winston Churchill. It is not hard to understand why. Both men demonstrate innate understanding of the stagecraft ...

Despite the relentless Russian bombing of Ukrainian cities since this summer’s start, Kyiv recently chalked up some impressive wins. A week after “pausing” some U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine, President ...

Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday at age 82, was one of two leaders of Nigeria, along with Olusegun Obasanjo, to rule the country both as military dictator and as ...