March 4 (Asia Today) --The killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a U.S.-Israeli strike marks the end of what the author calls his 37-year rule and opens a new phase of uncertainty ...

Iran entered a new chapter Saturday after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, abruptly ending more than three decades of authoritarian rule and setting in motion a leadership transition ...

On December 17, the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies united tradition and the present: Professor Kai Trampedach highlighted Jewish narratives against imperial claims to power in the Eugen ...

On this Special Report, the focus is on the structural differences between theocratic and autocratic regimes as tensions rise in Iran. The Unidentified speaker explains that unlike a standard ...

SACRAMENTO — I grew up a few miles from where George Washington and his Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenary soldiers stationed in Trenton, N.J.

Residents of colonial Virginia were forced to pay taxes to support the Anglican Church, whether or not they were members. Working in concert with the colonial government, the church controlled ...

Think Idaho can’t possibly drift much further into extremism? If so, you should find out more about what may soon become the most powerful political lobby in the state, the Idaho Family Policy Center.

There are many examples in the world today of governments that are referred to as theocracies. By definition, a theocracy is a governmental system that uses religious law as its source material. To ...

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It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar—the last ...