Sustaining Burma’s Hopes for Freedom

When the authors of India’s Constitution took the extraordinarily bold step of establishing universal suffrage, thus giving the right to vote to all adult citizens, India became the world’s first…

After a brief era of political opening, the authoritarian old guard has ridden a dubiously conducted presidential election back into power.

The Burmese transition that began in 2011 will be a protracted process. The main challenge now is to build a state in which democracy can take root and grow.