"In From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia, Dan Slater and Joseph Wong seek to explain why democracy emerged in some countries, has been tried in others and is unlikely to ...

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A police officer sits on a car at the headquarters of the National Unity Platform in Kampala, Uganda, in January 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images The pandemic is exacerbating a decline of ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015, recognizes not only that peace and security are prerequisites for achieving ...

Botswana Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Kenewendo spoke at the World Leaders Forum in Low Library on Monday, delivering an address on the nation’s democratic history and natural resource ...

South Korea has been praised for its successful COVID-19 containment strategy, which has managed to keep deaths significantly below the global average. In April 2020, the country also held ...

DAKAR/SAN JOSÉ – Democracy is in trouble. For nine consecutive years, more countries have suffered a weakening of democratic institutions than have experienced improvement – the longest such decline ...

Justice, Democracy, and Law is a recurring series by Edward B. Foley that focuses on election law and the relationship of law and democracy. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not ...

The By-invitation section publishes commentaries by outside thinkers from a wide range of perspectives. For a view calling for China to move towards a constitutional democracy, read a commentary by ...

Following the July political transition, Planning Adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud has outlined three priorities for Bangladesh -- establishing representative democracy, ensuring economic growth, and ...