INDIA's democracy is facing its biggest test in years and its signals are worth watching at a time of democratic backsliding in so many corners of the world.
From Pakistan to Sierra Leone, ethnically imbalanced militaries killed democratic republics. India also had an ethnically ...
On 6 November, the Vijay-led government scrapped the Kurian Committee on Union-State Relations, which had made strong recommendations for giving states more power.
Gallup finds Americans view local democracy more favorably than national democracy, while community conditions and ...
Even by the standards of Israeli politics, where analysts say personality has long overshadowed party and policy, Tuesday’s ...
If one has a genuinely independent electoral commission, tinpot dictators cannot pluck numbers out of thin air. Our IEC has ...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains a major factor in Myanmar politics. Before the 2021 coup, her importance rested on her ...
Harsh sentences meted out last week to democracy activist Joshua Wong in Hong Kong and to former lawmaker Au Kam San in Macau mark an escalation in the use of ...
We are a country that gets better,” said Vermont historian and journalist Garrett Graff. “We are a country where we have the ...
For 30 years, New Zealand has lived with MMP's imperfections. Now, a system designed to deliver fairer representation risks ...
The new planning reforms came into effect at the strat of the month. Tameside council are currently in breach of planning law, grinding the system to a halt ...