Democracy in South Asia, a Hollow Show?
The Case of India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan- The Oldest and Newest Democracies of South Asia The South Asian Context The seven countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives...
Author: Nishtha Gupta
The Role of West and Humanitarian Interventions in the Ukrainian Conflict
The civil war-like crisis have origins in the ethnic divisions within Ukraine. The orthodox minority in the east speaks Russian whereas the rest eastern Ukraine speaking populations see Europe as their closest neighbours. The...
Rohingyas in the post-COVID world
In 2017 millions of Rohingya crossed borders to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar to escape state persecution and arson. Since then the people living in the makeshift camps have faced it all. From the wrath...
Venezuela: From Crisis to Humanitarian Disaster
Background- Fall from Grace Venezuela is under the autocratic rule of Nicholas Maduro. Under his rule the economy and along with the social and legal structures in the society, collapsed. Although the misfortune of...
Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen and The Role of the United Nations
Background- careening towards the precipice One of the poorest countries in the Middle East has become a theatre of the cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Yemen has been in a state of...
Seasonal Cotton Slavery In Uzbekistan
Background Slavery may have been abolished in the 19th century according to its archaic understanding. However, in contemporary times, it has manifested itself in varied and more vicious forms which are embedded in the...
