The Development of Lao People’s Democratic Republic: An Analysis

Upon analyzing the article entitled: Hints at political change in Laos, it is right to say that for the country
to develop, both reforms and solid political will are necessary, and Laos has been adapting it. The article
is all about speculation and hints consequent to Laos’ politics and governance. By scrutinizing the
context, the anticipated event manifest changes, and adjustments.

Primarily, Laos was a conservative monarchy governed by a limited number of prominent families until
1975, when it became a democratic country. With the formation of the Lao People's Democratic
Republic (LPDR, or Laos) in 1975, Laos has restructured as a communist "people's democracy," yet
significant remnants of traditional political and social behavior survived. Technically, the Laotian
People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is in charge of the country. The aristocratic families lost their
position, but a new elite developed with privileged access to the communist foundations of power, and
lower-status clientele sought them out as patrons. Furthermore, some old families with ties to the new
revolutionary elite could endure and wield substantial power.

Apparently, a distinctive political culture has resulted from the combination of traditional politics,
patron-client relations, and communist-style intra-institutional competition. It will appear to blend
Leninist democratic centralized as included in the article. In accordance with the principal policy-making
and executive committee of a Communist party or called Politburo, It extended and elevated- conveyed
as a hint of change. Additionally, possible tension might contemplate between the wartime
revolutionaries' family patronage networks that dominated the politburo and with the emerging breed
of technocrats.

Historically, During the Vietnam War, North Vietnam invaded sections of Laos and exploited them as
supply lines. As a result, after the fall of Saigon, the US administration dropped bombs on Laos to try to
prevent the Kingdom of Laos from collapsing and to protect US forces. Vietnam and the Soviet Union
both supported Laos' communist government. Until the Soviet Union's fall in 1991, the country leaned
heavily on the Soviet Union for military and economic assistance. Laos now relies heavily on commerce
with Thailand, Vietnam, and China. These evident the International relations of the three counties
especially, China. Laos' international ties are unlikely to change as a result of the assembly. Analyzing the
political system in Laos, Its government has been secretive and concealed the circumstances to the
general public, inflicts their people. Unlike in our country, we have been expecting transparency. I
learned in the article the political system of one’s country defines the governance of it.

To this end, there are a number of factors that clearly play a role in contemporary political development
and change—industrialization, population growth, the "revolution of rising expectations" in less
developed countries, such as Laos, though it is improving rapidly in comparison to others in the region—
there is no agreed-upon theory to explain the causes of political change. The need for improvements,
changes, and development will indeed have an effect on a country. Adapting to these necessities may
result in changes in production and distribution methods, causing further changes in the physical
environment, as well as additional repercussions on economic and other social arrangements, as well as
the creation of new notions about what social organization is or should be. All of these variables
contribute to political change because the process of determining public policy, as well as the policy
itself, is influenced mainly by physical and social changes, and politicians, political institutions, and
political ideologies interact with the world around them. These notions must be taken into account
when analyzing disparities amongst reform and revolution. Thus, acknowledging the bad governance
and making hints at political change and reform is indeed a development one must recognize in Laos.