Seven key factors will determine whether Venezuela ultimately transitions to democracy, remains captive to a Chavista ...

Peaceful mechanisms for defending democracy exist, but they are limited and not so difficult to overcome; it is worth taking ...

Letters include how the people must resist the destruction of democracy and how Trump is learning more about becoming a military dictator.

Trump wants FBI agents who investigated his coup attempt, his facilitating espionage, or his other financial and criminal activities fired. Let’s be very clear: this is how dictatorships start. A guy ...

One year into the president’s second term, the country’s institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian ...

A politicized military may not follow orders or policy it disagrees with. Or it might follow illegal orders. In both cases, democracy is under threat. US Representative Seth Moulton represents ...

On Friday Feb. 28, a press conference was held in the Oval Office with President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimar Zelensky in attendance. I was horrified at the ...

Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (center) leads the 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo: AFP) It is no coincidence that Timor-Leste’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A free political system disappeared in a matter of months. After taking office in 1933, Hitler rapidly dismantled democratic ...

Igbo group, Ndi Igbo Intellectual & Cultural Development Organization (NIDO), has hailed Nigeria’s impressive departure from the chequered history of military dictatorship in the last 26 unbroken ...

The “Musky” smell emanating from President Donald Trump’s headquarters has become more and more noxious. At the same time, the spineless inaction of all of the Republican members of Congress in ...