Bruno Maçães (@MacaesBruno)

One thing I changed my mind over the past few years in the US constitution and the Federalist Papers. I used to think they were brilliant works of statecraft. In reality they were useless in preserving a democratic and liberal polity. What did it over 200 years was the legacy …...

This is just shocking from the editor of a major magazine in Britain. I hope it is denounced as it should be ...

I would not be able to stop laughing if I was sitting there ...

Rather incredible but true story: yesterday in flight from Varanasi to Delhi started talking to man seated next to me. American gentleman. At some point discussion got a bit heated. He argued we should trust US courts to uphold rule of law. I expressed many doubts...

Let’s recapitulate the visit of the French and German ministers to Damascus. I suspect the professional diplomats in Paris and Berlin are simultaneously horrified and grabbing their stomachs in laughter:...

Clearest enunciation of Israel’s position on Assad ...

This is the moment when you start seeing lots of people in the West worry about democracy in Syria. Because democracy means the power of the people - and do we really believe Syrians are people like us who deserve power like us and with whom we must share power...