بھارت کا شہریت ترمیمی قانون: ایک تعارف
دسمبر میں بھارتی پارلیمنٹ کی جانب سے شہریت ترمیمی قانون (سی اے اے) کی منظوری کے بعد سے ملک بھر میں بڑے پیمانے پر مظاہرے […]
Category: democracy
Why the Delhi Election Results Won’t Affect the BJP’s Majoritarian Politics
In the recently concluded Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stormed back into power with a thumping majority, securing 62 out of 70 seats […]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act: A Primer
Since the Indian parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December, large-scale protests have taken place across the country, and several states have refused […]
Year in Review: Afghanistan’s Tumultuous 2019 Paves Way for an Uncertain 2020
2019 was set to be a decisive year for Afghanistan, in which certain political developments had the potential to position the country either on the […]
How the Kuala Lumpur Summit Complicates India’s Gulf Relations
In the last weeks of December 2019, leaders from five key Muslims nations—Malaysia, Turkey, Qatar, Iran, and Indonesia—met in Kuala Lumpur in a bid to […]
Year in Review: Nepal in 2019
Since its landmark national elections in 2017—the first in two decades—the past two years in Nepal have been a time of newfound stability. In 2018 […]
Ayodhya Verdict: Is the Political Climate in India Impeding the Rights of Religious Minorities?
On November 9, India’s apex court ruled in favor of Hindu nationalist groups in a long-standing dispute over a contested holy site in Ayodhya, which […]
Pakistan’s Highest Court Suspends the Army Chief’s Term Extension. What Now?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended a government-issued directive that approved a three-year term extension for the current chief of army staff. It’s […]
The Azadi March in Pakistan: Testing the PTI’s Prudence
In a bid to topple the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Pakistan, the Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Fazlur Rehman has launched an Azadi (freedom) […]
Understanding India’s National Register of Citizens
On August 31, 2019, India published the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the northeastern state of Assam. The document aims to identify “legal” migrants […]