Author: S.D. Muni | Journal of Democracy

S.D. Muni is visiting research professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. From 1997 to 1999, he was India’s ambassador to Laos. In 2005 and 2006, he served as India’s special envoy to Southeast Asian countries on UN Security Council reforms.

April 2014, Volume 25, Issue 2

Shifting Tides in South Asia: Bhutan’s Deferential Democracy

S.D. Muni

An opposition victory in this Himalayan kingdom’s second elections in 2013 showed that surprises are possible even in a democratic transition that has been guided from above by the monarchy.