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Open societies have always defended their borders stoutly and they must also safeguard the new digital frontlines
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Nepal is witnessing a clear disillusionment with the federal political system as protests demanding the restoration of monarchy are on the rise
What are Catherine Ashton and William Burns up to in Cairo? How can they convince a legally elected President overthrown by a discredited Army to share power and work together?
India is at a precarious juncture. Our democratic structures might be strong, but can the same be said for our democratic values?
India must unleash its youth power to strengthen its core democratic principles by prioritising their enhanced participation in politics and democracy
The luxury bus leaves downtown Cam hotel to Qassion mountains for a panoramic view of the world's oldest, continuously inhabited city, Damascus. The picture has to be sketched because outside Syria everyone is counting on the level of chaos we did not see.
As a rising India engages the world with confidence in an increasingly challenging environment, informed contestations on foreign policy should be the norm.
Though Foreign Secretary Sujata Singh's Bangladesh visit was kept low key, the timely interactions she had in Dhaka helped India shed its image of a reluctant neighbour besides helping her make a realistic assessment of the situation there and evaluate possible fallouts on regional stability.
The Vice-President of Maldives, in his address to the ORF faculty, recounts the long and bitter-sweet struggle against autocratic rule in his country. With an elected government now at the helm and democracy gradually taking roots in different spheres of society, he outlines the crucial challenges that lie ahead for the island nation.
In order to save democracy from our own digital tools, we need to adopt a new model of governing digitally — public leaders must take a systemic app
If it is any yardstick for a vibrant democracy, India today has six former Prime Ministers around. Only two of them, namely, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and P V Narasimha Rao completed a full term, and thus became mascots of political stability in their time. Yet, subsequent elections proved that stability was not the only concern of the Indian voter. To him, political stability is a vehicle for his deliverance and in ways he understands.
Free elections are the backbone of a democracy. But to preserve democracy during a crisis such as this, we may need to cancel, postpone or rethink the
The early trends on electoral bonds suggest that the new channel would greatly undermine India’s electoral democracy by inviting unbridled corporate
Despite several challenges to its democracy, the embedded values of India’s constitutional morality have played a pivotal role in strengthening it
Rather than allowing events to drift towards a political or even military showdown, Maldivian President Mohammed "Anni" Nasheed has shown great fidelity to democratic principles in a country where none existed before him by stepping down from office with grace and poise.
The diversity of India's political set up means that no electoral majority is cast in stone and no ideological hegemony can enjoy the permanence.
A robust federal structure needs to be in place to deliver effective governance and development in a country as diverse as India.
The pandemic has worsened the problems that Latin America and the Caribbean were already facing. 2021 will surely be challenging in terms of political
Turkey is split down the middle between the secular followers of Ataturk who oppose Erdogan and his supporters who are mostly the Islamist nationalist
The recent peaceful election in Liberia offers a glimmer of optimism for the continent otherwise shaken by coups
Though the 'Arab Spring' had dethroned the long serving President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, there is still little scope for genuine democracy, according to Mr. Swashpawan Singh, former Indian Ambassador to Kuwait.
A Male criminal court's sentencing of former President Mohammed Nasheed on 'terrorism charges' for 13 years in prison has revived 'democracy-deficit' charges and consequent global (read: West) discourse, this time against the government of incumbent President Abdulla Yameen.
If one thing is becoming increasingly clear in 'democratised' Maldives, it is that street-protests can change Governments and constitutions, policies and national priorities. It is thus that the nation found street-protests heralding 'multi-party' democracy,
There continues to be speculation and worry about what will happen next and about when the pandemic will end and what the world will look like after.
Maldives Dhivehi Rayyethunge Party (DRP) chief, Mr. Thasmeen Ali, has said that the first government under the new Constitution, the government of President Nasheed, did not display courage and patience to follow the path of democratic governance.
