Whether our Western political systems are true democracies or republics can be answered by examining ancient Greek philosophy ...

Some may argue that the spirit of 1989 was crushed, but the demands of Tiananmen — freedom, dignity, representation — have ...

El Al will begin flying between Argentina and Israel, in both a powerful symbol of the countries' alliance and a practical ...

Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support ...

Europe is sleepwalking into Islamism again. If it does not wake up now, it may never wake up at all. But the answer isn’t ...

From the blog of Beth Kuhel at The Times of Israel ...

One of the bloodiest chapters in the history of modern China was recorded late on June 3 when Chinese troops cracked down on ...

This is the million-dollar question we all need to ask ourselves.Democracy, by its very nature, is a noble and necessary concept. It is anchored on the ...

The commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the demise of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini, the founding figure of the Islamic ...