After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Purity is a book about an enlightened despot by an enlightened despot. Ambitious, ludicrous and humbling, it proves once again – as if we needed reminding – that there is no such thing as purity.

They raised effigies, calling for justice and accountability for despots. The protest was brutally suppressed ... It took 123 years for the French Revolution to yield the Age of Enlightenment. Yet, ...

But these despots are not yet capable of starting World War 3 on ... In 1778 the great thinker of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, wrote in Lettres Philosophiques that the Chinese are ‘the wisest and best ...

But what is really at stake is Georgia’s future. Is it to be a modern European country or, should Mr Ivanishvili have his way ...

The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...

and I’m not quite sure why these despots-in-waiting are. If you had infinite resources and unchecked power, wouldn’t you want to use them to, if not make the world a better place for literally ...

The academy awarded some honours in their inaugural year for performances in more than one film. Jannings won for his ...

One in five people aged 18 to 45 prefer unelected strong leaders to democracy, according to a shock poll. Millennials and ‘Gen Z’ were more in favour than older generations of a country run by ...

The City minister – who is in charge of tackling financial corruption – is now fighting to keep her job after using properties linked to ‘despot’ Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed last summer ...