Sri Lanka’s Fight Against COVID-19
Sri Lanka acted reasonably early in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has thus far been somewhat successful in containing a potential outbreak within the […]
Category: Elections
Two Presidents: A Challenge or Chance for Afghanistan?
On March 9, Afghanistan’s leading 2019 presidential candidates, National Unity Government (NUG) incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, held parallel swearing-in ceremonies […]
Decoding the Delhi Elections: Why an AAP Victory Matters
The results of the most recent Delhi elections seem to suggest that development-focused politics can beat out the wave of majoritarian right-wing identity politics in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Amid a Majoritarian Overdrive, Simmering Fault Lines and Rising Unrest in India
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election in May 2019, the majoritarian impulse of the administration’s domestic policy decisions—from the abrogation of Article 370 to the […]
Year in Review: Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery in 2019
For Sri Lanka in 2019, repercussions from the 2018 constitutional crisis after the President Maithripala Sirisena attempted to replace Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe, framed the […]
Afghan Elections and Peace Talks: Is the Government Losing on Both Fronts?
As multiple rounds of direct talks between the United States and the Taliban reached a dead-end in September, rekindled hopes for an as-yet elusive peace […]
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) […]
What to Expect from Sri Lanka’s Upcoming Presidential Election
On November 16, around 16 million eligible Sri Lankan voters return to the polls after four years to cast their ballots to elect a new […]