CHITWAN, June 1: The students´ union close to National People´s Front has launched an East-West torch rally against federalism. The rally that started from Bhimdutta Municipality in Kanchanpur on May ...

How has this fringe idea gained so much traction despite its deep unpopularity? Because the movement has stopped pretending it needs democracy.

The principle of checks and balances is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, ...

As European nations discuss closer defence collaboration, a document proposing a federal Europe has become the subject of ...

You might think Americans wouldn’t care much about what’s on their state flags. But studying state identities has taught me ...

Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to state and local levels of government. One ...

This fifth horseman poses dangers similar to those of progressive anti-federalism. If we should worry about local officials in, say, New York City or San Mateo County, California affecting national ...

Fiscal decentralization in Belgium progressed substantially in 2015-19. However, as decentralization of expenditure responsibilities continued to outpace decentralization of revenue authority, ...

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Friday condemned the violence against civilians in Syria and Israel’s violation of Syria’s sovereignty, following airstrikes near the presidential palace in ...

In an article for the Los Angeles Times, political science professor Ross Burkhart highlighted a challenge related to the Trump administration’s active efforts to centralize initiatives surrounding ...

It also addresses legislative gaps in the federal system. Moreover, it offers an opportunity to align budgetary practices with the principles of federalism enshrined in the constitution. Although the ...