constitution
What next if President Rajapaksa resigns?
An explainer on the constitutional aftermath.
Gehan Gunatilleke | Jul 11, 2022
The decline of parliament
Under the BJP's rule, India's legislature is gradually ceasing to be a place for debate.
Christophe Jaffrelot | Nov 04, 2021
Reinstatement of Nepal’s Parliament, Al Jazeera’s investigation on corruption in Bangladesh and more.
Southasiasphere podcast episode 05: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Mar 05, 2021
Constituting tolerance
Is the Indian Constitution a guarantor of nationalism?
Debaditya Bhattacharya | Mar 11, 2016
The Maldivian political thriller
Democracy is being challenged as the Maldivian government leverages to make the opposition toe the line.
Azra Naseem | Jul 11, 2015
Two years on
Near the two-year anniversary of Mohammed Nasheed’s election in the Maldives, democracy in the atolls continues to experience growing pains, made more difficult by an increasingly bipolar polity.
Inaya A Shareef | Oct 01, 2010
The politics of boycott
As elections loom, how will the decision by Burma’s main opposition party to sit out the elections affect the larger efforts towards at democracy?
Htet Aung | May 01, 2010
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Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan
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Bhutan took a step towards queer rights, but its LGBTIQ+ people want a giant leap
Bhutan celebrated the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 2021 but LGBTIQ+ activists are pushing for the legal recognition of all gender identities and marriage equality
