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euvers. Press freedom and democracy A free press ranks among the most critical institutions of liberal democracy. Among the reforms introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in his campaign to modernize the Soviet system, glasnost, or openness, played the most important role in challenging the decades-old system of Sov
overnmental complacency, terrorism, and graft rejected the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, and elected Muhammadu Buhari to replace him. In Myanmar, a huge turnout produced an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections for longtime opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National Leagu
ly ask: Has Asia=s Nelson Mandela finally met her President F.W. de Klerk? Or, if you prefer a European comparison, has Asia's Vaclav =avel met her Mikhail Gorbachev? Cue episode three in the world's prisoner-=o-president sagas? I do believe that day will come, but let us ha=e no illusions: There are still major
a new dimension because she speaks always as a de=out Buddhist. Intellectually and morally, there is no compar=son between her and Burma's (a.k.a. Myanmar's) military leader in a civili=n suit, President Thein Sein. Politically, however, the opening he has creat=d is remarkable. Hundreds of political
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h governmental complacency, terrorism, and graft rejected the incumbent presicent, Goodluck Jonathan, and elected Muhammadu Buhari to replace him. In Myanmar, a huge turnout produced an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections for longtime opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League f
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019248 →aneuvers. Press freedom and democracy A free press ranks among the most critical institutions of liberal democracy. Among the reforms introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in his campaign to modernize the Soviet system, glasnost, or openness, played the most important role in challenging the decades-old system of Soviet
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