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Important Political Issues Facing the Tibetan Nation
Issue Spotlight: Election 2011
Answers from the Kalon Tripa CandidatesDeadline Extended
The TPR editors have extended the deadline for responses to the Questions for the Kalon Tripa Candidates to September 17.
 Many of the candidates are currently traveling in South India. As a result, we have received answers from only one (1) candidate and regrets from one (1) other. Three (3) candidates have chosen not to respond to our repeated emails and/or calls. Answers will now be posted on September 17. We will also post the names of those candidates who have chosen not to respond despite repeated direct invitations by the TPR editors.
The questions -- collected from the readers -- are both challenging and important for any serious candidate to engage with. Voters are encouraged to make whatever inference they feel is appropriate by a candidate's decision not to respond. Recent EditorialsYouth v. Experience
 Personality v. Policy  Of all the potential Kalon Tripa and Chitue candidates, little is yet known about what they actually stand for. That is because, so far, the statements by and about the candidates have been largely about the candidates themselves, rather than what policies they would implement if elected. This is a problem that Tibetan democracy must address if it is to mature. [READ MORE]
Portland Debate: We do not take up every question and response during the debate, but rather we focus only on those responses that, in our opinion, revealed most about the potential candidates and their positions on various issues. [READ MORE]
 Missing the Big Picture?:  It was with interest that we read Lobsang-la’s February 23, 2010 article, “Kalon Tripa Election Reform.".”The essence of Lobsang-la’s article is that the Tibetan voting process should be made easier. As we discuss below, some of his suggestions are good, but some seem politically naïve. [READ MORE...]  In a June 7, 2010 article in Outlook India, Dolma-la opposes Tibetan refugees taking Indian citizenship. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with this position. Many Tibetans --including His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- make statelessness a matter of principle. [READ MORE...]
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Recent Articles: Election 2011
Letters to the Editor
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We have not yet found much on Phurbu-la’s policy views, but his biography on kalontripa.org points us to an April 1, 2008 article in the Washington Post in which he is quoted as saying: "The United States says it has been fighting for human rights and democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Potential Kalon Tripa Candidates
And Their Policies
The most pressing political issue facing the Tibetan people is the leadership change resulting from the 2011 Kalon Tripa and Parliament elections. With the Tibetan nation facing its most serious challenge in its history, the choice of the next leader will have monumental significance.This journal does not support or oppose any candidate. Its Editorial Board plans to issue tough but fair critiques of potential candidates' statements and policy platforms, to promote discussion of issues rather than personalities.
We do not speak as self-declared "experts" but simply as involved citizens, and we urge our fellow citizens to join us.
Thoughtful articles on this subject are invited, as are letters to the editor. Potential candidates are especially invited to respond to anything published in this journal.
Other Issues
Rangzen & Middle Path
Recent Articles: Rangzen & Middle Path
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Tibetan Autonomy: A Compromise Three-state Solution Editors' Note: Inclusion of an article does not imply endorsement of its views by TPR. Readers may comment on this article here. Originally published in the East Asia Forum, March ...
Posted Aug 25, 2010 7:05 AM by The Tibetan Political Review -
The Dalai Lama’s Middle-Way Approach Needs Re-adjustment Editors' Note: Inclusion of an article does not imply endorsement of its views by TPR. Readers may comment on this article here. Originally published in the East Asia Forum, March ...
Posted Aug 24, 2010 6:45 PM by The Tibetan Political Review -
Clarity on Negotiating the Tibetan Issue Editors' Note: Inclusion of an article does not imply endorsement of its views by TPR. Readers may comment on this article here. Originally published in the East Asia Forum, April ...
Posted Aug 24, 2010 6:44 PM by The Tibetan Political Review
Democratization
Recent Articles: Democratization
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Finally, the Tables are Starting to Turn: Talking About Revolution, of Tibetan Democracy, of Independence! By Tenzin Nyinjey I have never voted in my life. Be it Chitue or Katri elections, I never had the urge to vote. It's not because I don't ...
Posted Aug 14, 2010 1:19 PM by The Tibetan Political Review -
Chinese Nitpicking on Tibetan Democracy By Dhundup GyalpoTibet.net21 June 2010 - If anyone were to go by the recent barrage of official Chinese rhetoric, the elections held by the Central Tibetan Administration are ...
Posted Jun 29, 2010 9:22 AM by The Tibetan Political Review -
Improving Elections, Improving Democracy By Nima R.T. Binara9 April 2010 -- Sometime next year, the Tibetan electorate in exile will decide upon the successor to the current Kalon Tripa, marking the first democratic ...
Posted Aug 8, 2010 3:06 PM by The Tibetan Political Review
The Future Tibet
Recent Articles: The Future Tibet
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Foundations for a Modern Tibet (Part III) By Tsewang Namgyal (Tibetan version attached as PDF below) His Holiness the Dalai LamaHis Holiness and our beloved teachers regularly remind us of the reality of death: (i) certainty ...
Posted Aug 12, 2010 5:14 AM by The Tibetan Political Review -
Foundations for a Modern Tibet (Part II) By Tsewang Namgyal (Tibetan version attached as PDF below) Natural Resource DevelopmentUnderstandably there is much concern among us Tibetans and supporters on the development of Tibet’s natural resources ...
Posted Aug 12, 2010 5:14 AM by The Tibetan Political Review
