Politics

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Count your climate losses

How recent reports on climate change weigh the economic versus the human cost of the ecological crisis.

By The Editors

/ 30 Jul 2021

The price of immunity

Cost comparisons of COVID-19 vaccines across the region.

By The Editors

/ 22 Jul 2021

Unpacking the Maldives’ Transitional Justice Act

New legislation must provide meaningful redress for survivors of past abuses.

By Mushfiq Mohamed

/ 4 Jun 2021

Unpacking the Maldives’ Transitional Justice Act

The deep roots of Myanmar’s crisis

Can the history of Myanmar’s political economy help us make sense of the military coup?

By The Editors

/ 16 Apr 2021

The myth of Congress socialism

Why Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi were never really on the Left to begin with.

By Pratinav Anil

/ 30 Mar 2021

Getting the jab done

Southasia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, explained.

By The Editors

/ 26 Mar 2021

The face of female leadership

Do women politicians in high office in Southasia offer something different from their male counterparts?

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 24 Mar 2021

Resisting a coup

How civil society is responding in the face of escalating violence in Myanmar.

By The Editors

/ 19 Mar 2021

What the military coup means for Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts

And why there’s a need to support a diverse, multi-ethnic coalition of opposition groups in Myanmar.

By The Editors

/ 5 Feb 2021

What the military coup means for Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts

More than a seat at the table

A crossborder discussion on women leaders in Southasian politics.

By The Editors

/ 27 Jan 2021

The ‘good-governance’ problem

How India’s top bureaucrats saw the end of the Emergency, and why it’s relevant today.

By Abhinav Sekhri

/ 13 Jan 2021

Long road to democracy

On Myanmar’s contentious elections, voter disenfranchisement and prospects for the future.

By The Editors

/ 21 Nov 2020