Democracy

The Maldives presidential runoff election has been postponed indefinitely further widening the political dispute. The uncertainty highlights the challenges the young democracy faces, having held its first-ever multiparty election in 2008.

• Anand Kumar
• September 25, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Like all its predecessors, the government that just completed its tenure miserably failed to promote what a democratic state is supposed to first and foremost, namely, foster the multi-faceted development of all its citizens.

• Jagdish N Singh
• April 01, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Rule of Law means displacing the CCP from its paramount position. Historical evolution suggests that the new system has to be either liberal democracy or a system with a Chinese nomenclature but with a liberal essence.

• Prashant Kumar Singh
• January 07, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Egypt is realizing that democracy is not an easily procured fruit, especially in a nation where political movements have been suppressed for decades and peoples’ sentiments can be easily swayed either way.

• Agarwal, Rajeev
• December 08, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Genuine negotiation efforts, timely discussions, and broader participation of groups asserting rights based on identity are necessary to help break the impasse in Nepali politics on the issue of federalism.

• Monalisa Adhikari
• July 02, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Nepal’s Constituent Assembly did have some positive achievements, the most important among these being the integration of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the UCPN-M, although it failed to fulfil its other main task of finalising a constitution.

• Anshuman Behera
• June 01, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The only way out for King Abdullah seems to be to commit himself to truly representative democracy and all-inclusive development.

• Jagdish N Singh
• April 04, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Rulers of Gulf states should initiate reforms to accommodate the voices and aspirations of different sections of their societies.

• Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
• March 08, 2011
• IDSA Comments

We must prove to the world community that a new political culture takes root in Kyrgyzstan and a new political strategy supported by people will have a future. A return to the past will imminently lead to the restoration of totalitarianism and a clannish government. We must learn a lesson from the past. Life will show how suitable the parliamentary system is for our community. Our people had lived in the conditions of a nomadic democracy for thousands of years, preserving their traditions and values in difficult times of history.

• Meena Singh Roy
• March 2011
• Strategic Analysis

The people’s movement, in bringing down the former President Hosni Mubarak, has once again showed the power of peaceful protest and ideas. There are many lessons to be learnt from the transformative developments.

• Arvind Gupta
• February 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments