Suchergebnisse

Six years ago, at the start of 1988, the prospect for
democracy in South Asia did not appear very promising. The military
rulers both in Pakistan and Bangladesh had managed to cloak their
regimes in civilian attire and appeared well entrenched even if their
quest for legitimacy had evaded them. In Nepal and Bhutan the hereditary
monarchs showed no signs of conceding to the demands for popular
participation despite the simmering political discontent in both
countries. The democratic traditions of Sri Lanka had proved
sufficiently resilient for the formal representative institutions to
endure but the continued civil strife and violence had virtually reduced
effective popular participation into a farce. Likewise in India, whilst
the ghost of Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule during the emergency in
1975-77 had been exorcised by subsequent renewals of popular mandate,
the democratic institutions and popular accountability had probably
suffered irreversible damages and it was not uncommon amongst political
analysts to speak of the 'ungovernability' of the country.

Zwei Jahre nach dem sowjetischen Truppenabzug aus Afghanistan hat die Kabuler Regierung entgegen den Erwartungen nicht nur überlebt, sondern ihre Position sogar gestärkt. Sowohl in den "befreiten" wie in den von der Regierung kontrollierten Gebieten kehrt allmählich wieder Normalität ein. Die Politik der nationalen Versöhnung hat innerhalb des Landes widerwillige Bewunderung gefunden, seitens der Interimsregierung im pakistanischen Exil jedoch noch wenig Reaktion gebracht. Die zunehmenden äußeren Zwänge lassen die Chancen für eine Verhandlungslösung des Bürgerkriegs jedoch wachsen; eine Rolle spielt dabei auch der Drang der Flüchtlinge zur Rückkehr. (SWP-Whr)

Assessment of the political and military situation since the pullout of Soviet troops. Also printed in English in World Today (London) 47:25-9 F '91.