More: Democracy
Myanmar’s democratic experiment on a murky path
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) claims victory in the November 8 election, the second freely-contested poll since Myanmar broke away...
New Latin American Left and its complex trajectories
Authors: Ash Narain Roy and Shimone Jaini
The rise and fall of a leftist government in Latin America evoke passion, nostalgia, optimism and rhetorical exuberance...
Exiting Donald Trump’s “Heart Of Darkness”: What Have We Learned?
"It ain't over till it's over," we learn from New York Yankee great Yogi Berra. Now that Donald J. Trump has been defeated at...
Biden Won: What’s next?
The moment many awaited with bated breath finally arrived, Vice President Joe Biden has been declared as the new elect 46th President of United...
UN chief calls for ‘peaceful, orderly and credible’ elections in Myanmar
Ahead of elections in Myanmar on 8 November, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated his hope that the vote would help advance “inclusive sustainable development” across...
Liberal Democracy and Trumpism
Votes counting is in process and election contest has turned into nail biter as I write these lines. There is very close contest going...
Chile’s plebiscite: Optimism, yet there remains a long road ahead to achieve social reform
In a groundbreaking plebiscite held on 25 October, Chileans went to the polls to vote whether to uphold or replace the Pinochet-era constitution. An...
China censorship of its media and the COVID-19 pandemic
The influx of COVID- 19 in China has exposed that the country has not been very transparent, and was not giving real information about...
Erdogan’s Calamitous Authoritarianism
Turkey’s President Erdogan is becoming ever more dangerous as he continues to ravage his own country and destabilize scores of states in the Middle...
Immediate broad-based Reforms needed in the Political system of Pakistan
Opposition parties have launched a comprehensive campaign to de-seat the PTI Government by its grand show of power on 16 October 29020 at Gujranwala....