Prior to the end of the Cold War, the Southeast Asian region underwent different political crises, revolutions, and uprisings. Some of them were anti-colonial movements while others were anti-dictator movements. The most notable uprisings in […]
When Suharto resigned as Indonesia’s president in May 1998, the path was unsure. Would democratization be allowed to proceed? Would violence be used to settle differences as it had previously in Indonesia’s history, to bloody […]
With the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, followed by the increasing influence of right-wing political parties in Europe, it has become fashionable to use populism as a way to understand […]
Title: Thailand: Shifting Ground Between the US and a Rising China (Asian Arguments) Author: Benjamin Zawacki Paperback. Zed Books, London. 15 October, 2017 Over the past three years, as Thailand-United States relations soured following the May 2014 coup […]
In late September 2014, thousands of people started to occupy major streets in Hong Kong which lasted for more than two months. The protesters followed the call of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace […]
Electoral authoritarian regimes are authoritarian regimes that hold periodic but nominally democratic elections. In recent years, political scientists have examined the various ways in which electoral authoritarian regimes utilize elections to legitimize themselves, display dominance, […]
Yogyakarta and West Sumatra are amongst the provinces in Indonesia that are prone to natural disasters. Generally, both are seen to be very different in terms of social culture. Yogyakarta is identical with Javanese culture, […]
Corruption and Democracy in Thailand Pasuk Phongpaichit and Sungsidh Piriyarangsan Chiang Mai / Silkworm Books / 1994 Money and Power in Provincial Thailand Edited by Ruth McVey Honolulu / University of Hawaii Press / 2000 […]
Thai public intellectuals don’t seem to love and care for the people much these days. They facilely compare the Thais to chicken (I’m still puzzled why Thai people are compared to “chicken in the basket” […]
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