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THE SNP have challenged Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to “break the habit of his leadership and stand up for Scottish democracy” by…

Biden gave a rare primetime address on the most important challenge facing America – and the media coverage was just more he-said/she-said reaction

In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.

To counter the influence of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the US-led alliance has to show that freedom is worth fighting for

I keep hearing the same (pointless, I think) claims that America is a republic, not a democracy. It's both a republic and a democracy.

Comments at Venice film festival come after recent failed assassination attempt on Argentina’s vice-president

The bulldozer has become the symbol of a strong state for the BJP and its supporters, while critics

The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island's defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of "counter-measures." The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch…

Those who would disable the machinery of fair elections are a threat to the ideals of the republic.

The president's attack on the "extreme ideology" of "MAGA Republicans" elides the tension between majority rule and individual freedom.

The Republican Party is a threat to democracy — and the media needs to get out of the "both sides" trap to say so