Lee Kuan Yew, perhaps the last true “Philosopher King” politician, once posed this question to the people in his book on democracy. He said that, in a multi-ethnic and modern state ...

For far too long, we have celebrated democracy as the ultimate solution to our nation’s challenges, but the harsh truth is ...

Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister of the city-state of Singapore, is a mayor who talks as though he may one day be a world statesman. The 44-year-old prime minister is an imposing figure who gives the ...

Lee Kuan Yew as he was known ... Singapore isn’t a political democracy in the ordinary meaning of the term. The political system is not open – it’s a “guided” democracy.

LONDON — Singapore has become much more repressive, and corruption in the Asian financial hub has worsened in the decade since the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, according to his ...