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Terrorist Candidates Are Eroding Pakistan’s Democracy

by Shania Darla Soriano | Jun 20, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman

Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 states that individuals who claim to belong to terrorist groups and create terror in the state must be arrested, detained, and subjected to the death penalty.  Despite this law, terrorists remain able and free to form...

Gender Equality in Pakistan: How the Maltreatment of Women Is Undermining the Basic Fundamentals of a Potential Democracy in Pakistan

by Iman Mohamed | May 5, 2021 | Georgia State University

Imagine only half of a country’s population is treated equally. Only half of the population has fair and equal access to education and fundamental human rights. Only half of the population is treated as a first-class citizen— hard to imagine, right? This is the...

Democratic Erosion in India: Modi Leads the Country Into a More Polarized Society

by Anthony Stenzel | Nov 16, 2020 | University of Chicago

Narendra Modi’s time as Prime Minister of India has been watched closely by the world as escalations have heightened with Pakistan in recent years. Modi has enacted many policies and actions that are anti-Muslim while he pushes for a united Hindu-Indian identity for...

Is the BJP Consolidating Power?: A Case Study in Tamil Nadu Politics

by Reshi Rajan | Oct 13, 2020 | University of Georgia

Over the past six years India has seen the rise of the BJP, India’s center-right party. In the 2014 elections, the BJP’s coalition won the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha (India’s lower chamber), and in 2019, it won an outright majority of seats without the support...
Sri Lanka Terror Attacks: Watching for Democratic Recession by Ben-Ari Boukai

Sri Lanka Terror Attacks: Watching for Democratic Recession by Ben-Ari Boukai

by Ben-Ari Boukai | May 7, 2019 | Georgetown University

Could terror attacks lead to a roll-back of recent Democratic strengthening in Sri Lanka? Time will tell. On Easter morning, April 21, the world watched as Sri Lanka fell victim to a series of coordinated terror attacks across three cities. The eventual death toll...
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