SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The political world seems to be caught in an intense debate on the forms and practices of democracy. Western-style democracy also manifests profound contradictions in its domestic and global practices, oscillating between democratic practices at home and autocratic acts internationally. The Communist Party of China's endorsement of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the emphasis on universal human …
In an apparent jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the state of democracy in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that some people are hurt by India's democracy and its institutions, which is why they are assaulting it. PM Modi was speaking at India Today Conclave on March 18 when he added that India's economic …
Over the past few years, we have seen a wholesale capitulation of our institutions. Executive overreach and countervailing institutional pusillanimity is greater in the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s second term with consolidation of political power and its willingness to bypass normative thresholds to further consolidate power Democracies are premised on the separation of powers and a system of checks and …
