By Dure Akram For quite some time, a sequence of images has begun to define South Asian politics. Young Sri Lankans wandering through a presidential residence that had once seemed untouchable. Bangladeshi students carrying coffins through Dhaka after their classmates were killed. Teenagers in Kathmandu filming themselves outside parliament while a government tried to shut down the very social-media platforms ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer There is no doubt that India’s economic rise is becoming a significant area of interest in academic and political circles. Against the backdrop of global turbulence and GDP growth in the region of 6-7 percent, India is presented as a case study of the country that has successfully recovered from the pandemic shock, attracted massive foreign ...
What’s emerging now looks more like a state-led attempt to build the “rails” of development—physical and digital—so that the next cycle of growth is not only faster, but more controllable and more sophisticated. By Mehmet Enes Beşer This is a new era in Cambodia’s development trajectory in which the key signs are no longer factories and garments but rather big ...
The post-colonial period in Africa witnessed a series of coups d’état that left an indelible mark on the continent’s political landscape. Emerging from the ashes of colonial rule, many newly independent African nations grappled with political instability, economic challenges, and struggles for power. Coups became a recurring phenomenon, reflecting the complex interplay of internal and external forces that shaped the ...