... Lanka China India civil war reconciliation transitional justice Tamils Buddhists Muslims Mahinda Rajapaksa democracy constitution debt trap 137 Sri Lanka s ethnoreligious divisions are bound to continue as long as the likes of Rajapaksa dominate the island s political scene. Sri...

...Amanda Snellinger Nepal's new constitution was supposed to cap a momentous decade that saw the end of the monarchy and civil war. But identity politics and economic discontent have called national unity into question. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the...

...Alexis Dudden [A]n overwhelming majority of Japanese wants to ‘protect' the constitution—using the same word, mamore , that Abe and his supporters use to justify their desire for Japanese troops to fight. © 2015 Current History. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of...

... democracy constitution Maoists monarchy caste ethnicity federalism 146 [T]he struggle for power between the Maoists and the traditional political par- ties has dominated much of Nepal s politics for the past seven years. Nepal s Constitutional Crisis aditya adhikari The ongoing constitutional...

...Jacqueline M. Klopp [T]he country has bought a short amount of time in which to entrench the new constitution, wield it for reform, and battle ghosts of the past. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Jacqueline Klopp Kenya...

... leadership is not seeking democracy, then who is? © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Albert Zafy autocracy constitution democracy Didier Ratsiraka elections Madagascar referendum rural Third Republic 226 President Ratsiraka...