The election to the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly will be crucial for defining the region’s political future.

The people of India have rejected Narendra Modi’s majoritarian Hindu politics. Even if Modi’s coalition returns him to power, his message has to change.

Freedom of the press, a cornerstone of democracy, is under […]

The Rohingya are seen as “foreigners” and designated as “Bengalis” by the majority Buddhist ruling classes of Myanmar. They have been denied citizenship and excluded from any future vision of Myanmar, as the nation grapples with issues of ethnicity, religion and citizenship.

The Pakistan Army manipulates the election process to get a […]

Democracy is in peril in Bangladesh with elections widely perceived […]

The ruling BJP’s success in three of five state elections […]