How the BJP Wins Over Women
By offering women norm-compliant ways to engage with politics, the ruling BJP has reversed its historic disadvantage with women. India…
Library Region: Asia and the Pacific
Supporting Civil Society in Post-Coup Myanmar
Since the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar’s civil society has endured a barrage of existential threats. From the military-run State…
Ten recommendations for advancing Nepali migrants’ safety and well-being
In September 2023, IREX’s Navigator program met with our partners READ Nepal and People Forum for Human Rights (People Forum)…
The Authoritarian Nexus – How Russia and China Undermine Democracy Worldwide
The Authoritarian Nexus: How Russia and China Undermine Democracy Worldwide is a compendium of nine country case studies, covering Central…
Decoding India’s 2024 National Elections
Niranjan Sahoo, Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, explores the key issues and implications with regard to India’s 2024…
Protecting the Future of Myanmar Media
Myanmar’s revolutionary movement stands at a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, in which opposition actors could have an unprecedented…
Environmental Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative
This report assesses the mismatch between the PRC’s green rhetoric and Chinese-financed development projects’ impact on the environment. The first…
Japan’s Approach to the Global South
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a January 2023 speech in Washington, DC, stressed that if the G7 countries and…
Journalist Detentions in Myanmar
The Myanmar military launched a crackdown on media freedom as part of a coup d’état on 1 February 2021, persecuting…
A Human Rights Challenge in Access to Education in North Korea: Contradiction Between Laws and Reality
This two-part report, conducted by Daily NK and Unification Academy (UA) in partnership with NKnet, shows the systematic barriers and…