Around the world concepts and constructions of democracy are under contestation. Some analysts see the spread of democratic institutional designs as evidence of democracy’s triumph. Others – across ...

Most of the United States’ hundreds of overseas military bases face routine low-level opposition in local communities but only occasionally draw major mass protests. Kim studies 20 bases in South ...

For Europeans to survive and thrive in a world of contestation will require greater realism, more agility and a capacity to put together a policy package to ‘win friends and influence people’, writes ...

The tribals in Jharkhand are campaigning to save Parasnath Hills, which they call Marang Baru — literally meaning the eldest mountain deity. The campaign is to not save it from industrial activity or ...

SINGAPORE - It is increasingly difficult to have policies that everyone agrees on, and trade-offs have to be made and balances struck, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday. In the ...