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Replacing tech authoritarianism with state overreach will only exacerbate problems plaguing social media platforms

This issue brief assesses the enduring political influence of the military in Pakistan. It delves into the historical, social, and geopolitical factors that have propelled the military's rise in the nation's governance structure. The brief also examines the military-bureaucratic nexus and its role in perpetuating military dominance, and the implications of a weak civil society and its constrained ability to counterbalance military power.

China’s communist party has survived where others have failed — a testament to its capacity to adapt and reinvent itself with the times. Mao’s successors put ideology aside and focused instead on economic growth.  Yet today, under Xi Jinping’s leadership, there is much lip-service paid to the ideology of the communist past, even while key communist principles like collectivism are actively undermined. With a slowing down economy, communi

As technology is growing by leaps and bounds, and its interplay with democracy has magnified, is it time to place regulations on digital democracy?

The four characteristics of the "strong Chief Minister" today - authoritarianism, constitutional subregionalism, a "business-friendly" approach, and political welfarism - were first combined into a coherent whole by Jayalalithaa

Distrust towards the government can be the result of public experience of governmental incompetence

Trends in Africa are diverging. While East Africa shows growing signs of authoritarianism and suppression of dissent, in Southern Africa — liberatio

कोरोनाच्या आडून काही सरकारे हुकूमशाही राबवत आहेत, असे काहींना वाटते. तर, काहींसाठी हे संकट म्हणजे लोकशाहीचे अपयश आहे.