Bhutan India Security Relations: Conflicting Cooperation
Source: The Bhutan Journal ABSTRACT Bhutan-India relations are shaped by the changing geopolitical need and conflicting security arrangements in the Himalayas. Unique geographical location, connecting two major rising powers with opposite political philosophies and international attention in Asia in the new century puts Bhutan is more critical position. The...
Dying peace
In 1991 when USSR disintegrated at the end of the Cold War, the US had told the new Russia and China that you are on the wrong side of the world, the wrong side of history. Liberal democracy is winning and that’s the future of the world. Only 30...
Reconnecting Bhutan
We have eroded political, economic, legal and emotional connection with the country, yet we continue to project ourselves as Bhutanese. The complexity of nationality and ethnicity that engulfed our generation gives a distressful feeling of where we really belong to and what do we identify as. Our mnemonic bond...
Democracy, Adult Franchise, and Public Participation
Source: The Bhutan Journal ABSTRACT Bhutan is now a democracy. This new democracy promotes adult franchise. It conducts periodic elections and has elected members in parliament and government. It has political parties contesting elections. Despite these basics of democracy, the country lacks accountability mechanisms, participatory channels, independent and active...
Conspiracies and counter conspiracies in Bhutan
Bhutan made the first high-profile arrests on 16 February 2021 in decades – that too on charges of overthrowing the chief of the Royal Bhutan Army. The nature and process of arrest speak volumes about impunity. A team of Royal Bhutan Police arrested Kuenley Tshering, in what is seen...
Australia: calf crushed in a bullfight
The latest and sudden change of tone of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pointing to the greater belief on Australian policies and politics are influenced by US politics and individuals there. His statement reverberates Australia simply runs behind the US to accomplish their interest. For the last four...