More: Democracy
Opening the Door to Peace With Russia And A Word For Democracy
After several tit-for-tats with Russia in 2001, relations were at a low ebb like during the cold war. That was when a Russian initiative...
Tibetan leadership lets slip double standards during Canada, Israel visits
When Dr. Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan government in exile, spoke before a Canadian Parliament Committee on 12 June, he claimed to speak...
Malaysian-Saudi relations: A lesson in the pitfalls of authoritarianism and autocracy
Embattled former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was the main loser in last month’s election upset that returned Mahathir Mohamad to power as his...
Is Indian Democracy Dying?
The prominent journalist and editor, Shujaat Bukhari was leaving work when he and his two bodyguards were shot and killed. Suffice to say newspapers...
Selahattin Demirtas: We are not the PKK’s political wing
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas says that the Kurdish-focused People's Democratic Party (HDP) has no relations of any kind with the PKK.
Undoubtedly, political campaign is...
Parallels between Turkish soccer and general elections could prove uncanny
With electoral upsets having become the norm, the latest upheaval that last week swept aside the long-standing president of Fenerbahce SC, the political crown...
The mimic of Democracy of the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Government in Exile
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) – known also Tibetan Government in Exile - celebrates ‘Democracy Day’ on 2 September every year and has done...
Jordanian protests: Revisiting the Arab Spring and setting a benchmark
Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political crisis shed a new light on the...
King Abdullah of Jordan: Balancing on an ever-tighter tightrope
A look at a decade of failed social, economic and political reform in Jordan goes a far way to explain recent mass anti-government protests...
The Bahrain Declaration
The main opposition bloc, in Bahrain, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Association, has proposed a democracy-based proposal, on Saturday, entitled “Bahrain Declaration,” calling for dialogue, national...