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If Mayawati plays her cards correctly she will dictate terms in the upcoming UP elections.

As Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram go through the process of Assembly elections, ORF Urban Policy research team looks at development patterns in these States. Here is a preview of "Book of Charts", covering Delhi and Rajasthan, on the status and developments in such important areas as employment, education and infrastructure, etc.

It will be a world where neither America nor China can set the terms

By not railing against Trump, by showing restraint during the VP debate, Harris came across as a woman in control.

Results of the 2004 parliamentary elections have generated a serious debate among scholars and analysts following the unexpected ouster of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the victory of the Congress-led coalition. Some see it as ¿the revenge of the poor against the pro-rich image of the government¿ and there are many who ascribe this to ¿the supposed maturity and ingenuity of the India voter¿.

In any case, given that the elections have become controversial even before a single vote has been cast means that the legitimacy of the next government, especially one led by Imran, will be constantly questioned and challenged.

It is hardly a secret that China has tried to intervene in local politics and shape elections in other countries

If the BJP has a long-term economic vision for India, it needs to shun acting in a purely transactional manner in the near term.

In the coming Pakistan elections, the PPP cannot be written off because it has substantial pockets of support across various provinces. But it deserves some sympathy. Asif Zardari has not had an easy time with the media which had deemed him corrupt from day one or the judiciary and the military which have foiled all his efforts to come up with bold policies.

It has been five years since General Pervez Musharraf came to power in Pakistan in a bloodless coup on October 12. One questionable referendum staged in April 2002, the less-than-credible parliamentary elections in October the same year, a controversial constitutional amendment and two changes of government this year later, Gen Musharraf is still the numero uno.

Today's nationalism is rooted in economic imperatives. Narendra Modi has understood and mastered the instruments and social forces.

Hasina’s victory will likely put Delhi-Dhaka relations under more scrutiny -with the West expecting India to be vocal about the state of democracy in Bangladesh

Now that the mood and methods have set in for three Provincial Council polls, the results would determine if the leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa would want to go ahead with the process in five others before holding the first-ever elections.

It is surprising that much of America and the rest of the world seems surprised at an election of Donald Trump as the next US President.

For Narendra Modi, going into elections next year, the focus has been to put across India as a major global economy.

Trying to influence elections using tools like targeted messaging, fake news and negative campaigning have for long been part and parcel of politics.

The 2014 campaign was a pulsating and historic one but its essential architecture was unorthodox.

Any association with New Delhi is still seen as a kiss of death in Pakistani politics.

These electronic machines have long been punching bags for frustrated political ambitions.

A politics of hand-outs hasn’t removed poverty from India. It has embedded it even more deeply. Narendra Modi was elected to end this politics. He is now following it.

Unless of course, those pining for talks with Pakistan believe that holding talks is an end in itself and not a means to an end.

2019 will be the year when social scientists from across the world will be able to test their hypotheses on predicting new world orders.

Commentators across the country have put their fingers on the issue on which the BJP erred, which resulted in such a setback in the byelections. The people of the country look up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a harbinger of peace, progress and development.

In the forthcoming US elections, it seems demographics favour the Democrats, if they are able to make sure there is a huge turnout among the youth and people of colour. But one must also remember that the Democrat nominee will in a sense have to run against historical patterns.

The consequences of the Okinawa gubernatorial elections, where Prime Minister Abe's party candidate was defeated convincingly, mainly on the issue of relocation of US bases, will resonate on the US-Japan security alliance as well as Abe's ruling LDP party.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has a fairly heavy political agenda before him. The foremost is his firm resolve to introduce constitutional reforms. If he wins the December 14 elections, Abe would have bright chances to win another term as the LDP president in September next year and stay at the helm for three more years.

His imprint on trade, security and Asia policy will last. His influence on immigration, climate change may not

Health policy is becoming a prominent poll issue perhaps for the first time in India.

Women’s representation in India’s Parliament is an important metric to evaluate progress in bridging gender inequities in the country. India has a female population of 662.9 million and is the largest and one of the most resilient parliamentary democracies in the world. As the country completes 75 years of independence, this paper gives a historical account of the progress in women’s representation in Parliament over the past decades. It co

मतदान हे वास्तवाचा सखोल विचार करून नव्हे, तर सर्वसामान्य लोकप्रिय मतांवर होत असते. त्यामुळे क्यूअनॉन या षडयंत्र चळवळीचा अमेरिकन निवडणुकांवर परिणाम होऊ शकतो.

‘फेक न्यूज’चे विष आज जगभरातील माध्यमविश्वाला बाधित करत आहे. पण त्यावर यंदाच्या अमेरिकन निवडणुकीत नियंत्रण ठेवले गेले. ते कसे हे पाहणे, फार महत्त्वाचे आहे.

अमेरिकेतील भारतीय वंशाच्या नागरिकांची संख्या दहा वर्षात दीडशे पटीने वाढली आहे. त्यामुळे ते अमेरिकेतील ५० राज्यात एक राजकीय शक्ती म्हणून उदयास आले आहेत.

अब ऐसे आसार दिख रहे हैं कि प्रतिद्वंद्वियों के लाख प्रयास के बावजूद रिपब्लिकन पार्टी की ओर से ट्रंप ही जो बाइडन को चुनौती देंगे.

अमेरिकेच्या निवडणूक निकालाची पर्वा न करता, भारताने संवेदनशील मुद्द्यांकडे लक्ष देऊन रशियासोबतचे संबंध टिकवण्यासाठी रणनीती आखणे महत्वपूर्ण ठरेल.

ट्रम्प यांच्यामुळे ‘अमेरिका फर्स्ट’च्या संकुचिततेत अडकेलेली अमेरिका, बायडन यांच्या विजयाने पुन्हा जागतिक राजकीय-आर्थिक व्यवहारात परतेल, अशी आशा आहे.

नोव्हेंबर २०२० मध्ये होणाऱ्या अमेरिकेतील निवडणुकांकडे खूपच सावधपणे पाहावे लागणार आहे. भारतासाठी या निवडणुका खूपच महत्त्वाच्या आणि निर्णायक ठरणार आहेत.

शेख हसीना यांच्या विजयामुळे भारत आणि बांगलादेशाचे सबंधांवर आणखीन शंका वाढण्याची शक्यता आहे. बांगलादेशातील लोकशाहीच्या स्थितीबद्दल भारताने आवाज उठवावा अशी पश्चिमेची �

आज काश्मीर खोऱ्यात भीतीची भावना एवढी जागृत आहे, की जम्मू-काश्मीरमध्ये गेल्या दोन वर्षांपासून पंचायतीच्या ६० टक्के जागा रिक्त आहेत.

१९७९ सालापासून वृद्धिंगत झालेले चीन-झिम्बाब्वे संबंध सध्या काही प्रमाणात ताणले गेले आहेत. दोन देशांतील संबंधांचा लेखाजोगा मांडणारा गुंजन सिंह यांचा लेख.

8 फरवरी को पाकिस्तान में हुआ चुनाव साफ-साफ धांधली था. पहले दिन से साफ था कि आर्मी नवाज शरीफ या शरीफ ब्रदर्स को लाना चाहती है और इमरान खान को ठंडा रखना चाहती है. दो-तिहाई से ज्या�

बंदी असण्यापासून ते ढाका येथे राजकीय सभेचे आयोजन करण्यापर्यंत बांगलादेश जमात-ए-इस्लामी पार्टीचा प्रवास पाहता, या पक्षाचे पुनरागमन बांगलादेशातील लोकशाहीवर परिणाम करू श

भारत के लिए, राष्ट्रपति के तौर पर ट्रंप की वापसी भारत – अमेरिकी संबंधों में एक नए अध्याय की शुरुआत साबित हो सकती है.

ट्रंप वाइट हाउस में दोबारा दाखिल होने में सफल हों या न हों अमेरिकी राजनीति को आकार देने वाले इस रुझान का अमेरिकी नीतियों पर प्रभाव पड़ना तय है.

ट्रम्प यांचे अध्यक्षपद आधीच गेल्याने, त्यांच्यावर महाभियोग चालणार नाही. पण, कौल विरोधात गेल्यास, ते पुन्हा कधीही अध्यक्षपदाच्या शर्यतीत उतरू शकणार नाहीत.

ज्याला एकापेक्षा अधिक वेळा दोषी ठरवले गेले असेल अशा व्यक्तीसह रिपब्लिकनचे नामनिर्देशन अंतिम टप्प्यात येण्याची शक्यता असल्याने, ट्रम्प यांच्यासाठी 2024 चा रस्ता खडतर बनल�