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It has been five years since General Pervez Musharraf came to power in Pakistan in a bloodless coup on October 12. One questionable referendum staged in April 2002, the less-than-credible parliamentary elections in October the same year, a controversial constitutional amendment and two changes of government this year later, Gen Musharraf is still the numero uno.

Today's nationalism is rooted in economic imperatives. Narendra Modi has understood and mastered the instruments and social forces.

Although Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi’s death leaves the country to face an uncertain future, it would not have any significant short-term impac

Hasina’s victory will likely put Delhi-Dhaka relations under more scrutiny -with the West expecting India to be vocal about the state of democracy in Bangladesh

For all intents and purposes, this government is here to stay so long as it doesn’t fall out with the military

Now that the mood and methods have set in for three Provincial Council polls, the results would determine if the leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa would want to go ahead with the process in five others before holding the first-ever elections.

The Karnataka electorate did not give a clear mandate to any party. But it happens in democracies that follow the first past the post system.

It is surprising that much of America and the rest of the world seems surprised at an election of Donald Trump as the next US President.

For Narendra Modi, going into elections next year, the focus has been to put across India as a major global economy.

Trying to influence elections using tools like targeted messaging, fake news and negative campaigning have for long been part and parcel of politics.

The 2014 campaign was a pulsating and historic one but its essential architecture was unorthodox.

Any association with New Delhi is still seen as a kiss of death in Pakistani politics.

Despite having many dysfunctional bureaucratic institutions, no one has questioned the legitimacy of the Election Commission in holding free and fair

There is little or no excitement in global capitals over the Sri Lankan presidential polls this time, unlike during the last three elections of 2005,

These electronic machines have long been punching bags for frustrated political ambitions.

A politics of hand-outs hasn’t removed poverty from India. It has embedded it even more deeply. Narendra Modi was elected to end this politics. He is now following it.

Unless of course, those pining for talks with Pakistan believe that holding talks is an end in itself and not a means to an end.

2019 will be the year when social scientists from across the world will be able to test their hypotheses on predicting new world orders.

Commentators across the country have put their fingers on the issue on which the BJP erred, which resulted in such a setback in the byelections. The people of the country look up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a harbinger of peace, progress and development.

In the forthcoming US elections, it seems demographics favour the Democrats, if they are able to make sure there is a huge turnout among the youth and people of colour. But one must also remember that the Democrat nominee will in a sense have to run against historical patterns.

Economic development is held to be synonymous with the provision of infrastructure, especially roads, hospitals and educational institutions. Job crea

The BJP is confronting a tough battle. Media reports from the state till recently were almost unanimous that the BJP is going to win again. Of late, t

The consequences of the Okinawa gubernatorial elections, where Prime Minister Abe's party candidate was defeated convincingly, mainly on the issue of relocation of US bases, will resonate on the US-Japan security alliance as well as Abe's ruling LDP party.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has a fairly heavy political agenda before him. The foremost is his firm resolve to introduce constitutional reforms. If he wins the December 14 elections, Abe would have bright chances to win another term as the LDP president in September next year and stay at the helm for three more years.

His imprint on trade, security and Asia policy will last. His influence on immigration, climate change may not

Health policy is becoming a prominent poll issue perhaps for the first time in India.

Women’s representation in India’s Parliament is an important metric to evaluate progress in bridging gender inequities in the country. India has a female population of 662.9 million and is the largest and one of the most resilient parliamentary democracies in the world. As the country completes 75 years of independence, this paper gives a historical account of the progress in women’s representation in Parliament over the past decades. It co

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s visit to Beijing showcased Spain’s increasing global influence in the run-up to national elections schedule

अंगोला में आगामी राष्ट्रपति चुनावों के नतीजों से देश का �

अंगोला में आगामी राष्ट्रपति चुनावों के नतीजों से देश का �

वैसे तो अमेरिका की स्थिति बिगड़ने जैसी राय बनाना जल्दबाज

मतदान हे वास्तवाचा सखोल विचार करून नव्हे, तर सर्वसामान्य लोकप्रिय मतांवर होत असते. त्यामुळे क्यूअनॉन या षडयंत्र चळवळीचा अमेरिकन निवडणुकांवर परिणाम होऊ शकतो.

‘फेक न्यूज’चे विष आज जगभरातील माध्यमविश्वाला बाधित करत आहे. पण त्यावर यंदाच्या अमेरिकन निवडणुकीत नियंत्रण ठेवले गेले. ते कसे हे पाहणे, फार महत्त्वाचे आहे.

अमेरिकेतील भारतीय वंशाच्या नागरिकांची संख्या दहा वर्षात दीडशे पटीने वाढली आहे. त्यामुळे ते अमेरिकेतील ५० राज्यात एक राजकीय शक्ती म्हणून उदयास आले आहेत.

अब ऐसे आसार दिख रहे हैं कि प्रतिद्वंद्वियों के लाख प्रयास के बावजूद रिपब्लिकन पार्टी की ओर से ट्रंप ही जो बाइडन को चुनौती देंगे.

अमेरिकेच्या निवडणूक निकालाची पर्वा न करता, भारताने संवेदनशील मुद्द्यांकडे लक्ष देऊन रशियासोबतचे संबंध टिकवण्यासाठी रणनीती आखणे महत्वपूर्ण ठरेल.

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