Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 7, 2012

Old Wine in India’s New Antigraft Bottle

In terms of symbolism, Arvind Kejriwal could scarcely have chosen a better date to found a new political party dedicated to ending corruption in India. On Oct. 2, the birthday of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the 44-year-old activist announced to a gaggle of followers and a battery of cameras, “We declare that from today this country’s […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 4, 2012

Political Outsiders Are Challenging Asia’s Traditional Elites

A NEW force is emerging in Asian politics: the non-politician—or at least the politician posing as such. In South Korea the campaign for the presidential election in December has been shaken up by the new candidacy of an independent, Ahn Chul-soo, a former doctor turned antivirus-software tycoon. In Japan the new Japan Restoration Party (JRP), […]

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Old Wine in India’s New Antigraft Bottle

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Political Outsiders Are Challenging Asia’s Traditional Elites

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