Sustaining Burma’s Hopes for Freedom

Does the electoral victory of the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party signal that the world’s largest democracy may be following Sri Lanka toward a politics where the will of the majority…

Although active or retired military officers still hold top government posts, direct rule by the military as an institution is over, at least for now.

A review of Democracy and Discontent: India’s Growing Crisis of Governability, by Atul Kohli and The Politics of India Since Independence, by Paul Brass.