Burma’s Quest for Democracy: An Introduction

Since the beginning of the second Modi government, an emboldened BJP has launched a steady, comprehensive, and unprecedented attack on civil liberties, personal rights, and free speech across India.

After a brief era of political opening, the authoritarian old guard has ridden a dubiously conducted presidential election back into power.

Long prone to coups, Pakistan now for the first time has seen a freely elected government duly serve out its full term and peacefully hand the  reins of power to…