The absurdity of ‘sovereign citizens’
IN SINGAPORE, there have been at least three recent legal cases where a defendant has claimed to be a “sovereign citizen”. This...
Hong Kong slashes directly elected seats in local polls, further reducing democracy
HONG Kong’s legislature unanimously voted on Thursday (Jul 6) to overhaul district level elections by drastically reducing directly elected seats, a move...
Trump, Johnson and a trial for the rule of law
BOTH America and Britain flatter themselves that their political systems are admired all over the world. The US is the “leader of...
Myanmar junta leader urges foreign powers to back its return to democracy
MYANMAR’S military ruler on Monday (Mar 27) urged his foreign critics to get behind his junta’s planned return to democracy, instead of...
Hong Kong’s largest national security trial to begin with 47 in dock
THE trial of 47 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures begins on Monday, in the largest prosecution under a national security...
The Era of Markets ended in 2019. What comes next?
EARLIER this week at the Davos World Economic Forum, I dined with fellow attendees at the Hotel Schatzalp, a former sanatorium that...
Upholding democracy: US should be a model, not a crusader
FROM time to time, US presidents declare that their country’s mission is to change the world and mould it towards being like...
2023 will mark 40 years of uninterrupted democracy in Argentina
READING the article “Latin America’s democracies hold strong” (BT, Dec 28) prompted me to share with The Business Times readers the joy...
Hong Kong police wrong to ban Tiananmen vigil, court rules
HONG KONG police’s decision to ban a Tiananmen vigil last year was unlawful, a court ruled on Wednesday (Dec 14), as it...
The soul of democracy is on the ballot in Israel and America
ISRAEL’S unprecedented national unity government sadly collapsed last week. Why should you care? Because in so many ways what ails Israeli politics...