The prospects of a technocrat setup might look promising on paper, but it does not bode well for Pakistan’s democratic future here has been a buzz in Islamabad in recent days about the setting up of a ...

The use of technocrats in government is an age-long practice, but no store was placed on it because there was no need to. It was seen as something that should happen since after all, technocrats are ...

European University Institute provides funding as a member of The Conversation EUROPE. Plamen Oresharski. You might not have heard of him. I certainly hadn’t until a few days ago. But, according to ...

The European debt crisis has driven politicians in Italy and Greece to turn to technocrats for leadership. What exactly is a technocrat? Will they be the silver bullets needed to help lift Europe out ...

Climate campaigners on Tuesday received a rarity amid President-elect Joe Biden’s appointment announcements: good news. Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator and current National ...

EVEN before Plato conceived the philosopher-king, people yearned for clever, dispassionate and principled government. When the usual run of rulers proves cowardly, indecisive or discredited, turning ...

he idea is to install a government led by technocrats so that Pakistan’s financial woes can be redressed by apolitical individuals, equipped with adequate experience and foresight. Such a government, ...

As the crowds gathered along the Champs-Elysée this morning to celebrate France’s fête national, commemorating the 1789 seizure of the Bastille Prison by the masses of Paris, a new revolution is ...

The Recovery Act, the federal stimulus package enacted in 2009, helped pay for a new bus repair station in Hyattsville, Md. (Ricky Carioti/THE WASHINGTON POST) Jared Bernstein is a senior fellow at ...