Democracy and war
Democracy is invoked as moral legitimacy in war, while Iran’s authority rests on layered political, religious, and historical foundations. Democracy, however, is not the enemy. Its manipulation is. For decades,…
Return to democracy
DESCRIBED as the most consequential election in its recent history, Bangladesh last week voted to provide the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) an overwhelming majority. The polls have ended the political…
Pakistan in South Asia’s democracy
WHEN people talk about South Asia, they reach for the usual clichés: nuclear flashpoint, poverty, migration, communal tensions. What they rarely acknowledge is something far more hopeful — this region…
Democracy reclaimed
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral election is the moral repudiation of an establishment that mistook political access for virtue and money for merit. Against a torrent of…
The future of democracy
In recent years, the global political landscape has witnessed a notable decline in political trust in public institutions. This is largely due to the rise of populist political leadership that…
Martyrs of democracy
“I feel very emotional about coming back to my country. I dreamt about this moment for so long. I hope I can live up to the expectations of the people…
The democracy masquerade
These lines are about young people from different parts of the world. Their countries touted democracy and a flourishing economy yet their life blood ebbed away at the altar of…
Democracy’s circus
America, the world’s richest democracy, produced Donald Trump. India, the world’s biggest democracy, produced Narendra Modi. Britain, the world’s oldest democracy, produced Boris Johnson. Brazil, the world’s largest Latin democracy,…
Democracy in distress
DEMOCRACY is often celebrated for its core values — public participation, accountability, and respect for civil liberties. However, when it comes to addressing complex and long-term global challenges like climate…
Democracy without dignity
The reasons why democracies are favoured as a form of government by trillions of people around the world are that they are believed to offer dignity to people living under…
