Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) provide country rankings based on essential dimensions of governance. WGI rates the success of any government on (i) the process leading to its election and formation; … Read More
Liberia’s presidential election of 1927 saw incumbent president Charles King garnering 234,000 against 9,000 votes. It would have been a remarkable victory but for a glaring faux pas. At that … Read More
One of the most influential political philosophers John Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract and religious toleration in the Western world. In 1689, he published his seminal … Read More
Our ruling dispensations have reduced an abundantly endowed Pakistan to a pauper state. With a mere $4 billion in our kitty, we have a mammoth external debt and liabilities of … Read More
The disintegration of the Soviet Union left the Middle East bereft of any alternatives to US leadership. Washington, a prisoner of American exceptionalism and manifest destiny the mythical doctrine used … Read More
