American politics turned hyper toxic several years ago, and ever since commentators have raised the specter of a second civil war. No other historical parallel, it seems, captures so viscerally today…

The PAP has made unbending integrity central to its identity, magnifying the damage the recent scandals have done to the party.

Pro-Beijing owners have increasingly gained control of Chinese-language media in liberal democracies like Canada.

There’s a single thread connecting the White House approach to the region, from Syria to Saudi Arabia.

Wars are fought not only on the battlefield but also in domestic political debates and in histories written after the fact. In the case of the US invasion of Iraq 20 years ago, we are still in this final phase, seeking an elusive consensus about the war’s legacy.