MARK ALMOND: Tyrannies are on the march as democracy flounders 

This week’s military coup in Myanmar is not just another episode of repression and regression in a remote Asian country that is now disappearing once more behind a bamboo curtain. Terrifyingly, it is the latest symptom of a growing global trend away from democracy. For decades, Myanmar’s most famous daughter, the steely Aung San Suu … Read more

MARK ALMOND: Tyrannies are on the march as democracy flounders 

This week’s military coup in Myanmar is not just another episode of repression and regression in a remote Asian country that is now disappearing once more behind a bamboo curtain. Terrifyingly, it is the latest symptom of a growing global trend away from democracy. For decades, Myanmar’s most famous daughter, the steely Aung San Suu … Read more