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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. For a brief moment over the summer, eSwatini was the subject of international ...

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 ...

One of the U.S.'s most powerful conservative think tanks is being mocked for its plans to host a March 25 event that defends the British monarchy and blasts the "radical left" for undermining American ...

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 ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — For the past six weeks, pro-democracy protesters in Eswatini have sporadically taken to the streets to express their displeasure with the rule of King Mswati III and to call for ...

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 ...