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Myanmar (Burma)
Abusing a Disaster
The Myanmar junta builds power with ruins. Citizens are not only ignored in the aftermath of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake of March 28 2025, but instead abused in their vulnerability, as the junta lunges for more ground among the...
Marchers from across Azad Jammu and Kashmir gather peacefully on AJK University grounds to offer prayers for protestors killed by Punjab Rangers.
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Democracy Local's Top 10 Stories of 2024
From Muzzaffarabad to a model law, these were among the most popular items we published this year.
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OCEANSIDE
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Credit: Asia Democracy Chronicles
HONG KONG
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THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN
COLUMN: Lessons of a Small, New Democracy Tool
I Advised The State As It Built 'Engaged California.' The Result Was a Pleasant Surprise.
NEW DELHI
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Refused Refuge in Delhi
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Cologne
EDITORIAL This Is Not Science Fiction
No Funds. No Democracy.
ISHIGAKI AND ARBOGA
Can The Western Pacific's Island of Peace Avoid War?
A journalist from Sweden's most militarized town visits Ishigaki, where people fight to avoid war.
BONN AND COLOGNE
EVENT: What Can We Learn From Latin America?
Two late April events in neighbouring German cities examine democracy from Brazil to Ecuador.
REASI (KASHMIR)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: The High Costs of India's Local Projects...
Questions about the Infrastructure Being Built Since Kashmir Lost Autonomous Status in 2019
THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN
The Real US President Is Subnational
A president behaves like a local bully. A governor behaves like a president.