Development outlook: Exploring the opportunities of Southeast Asia
Friday
5th April
2024
ANDREA HAEFNER AND SOVINDA PO | Introduction Southeast Asia stands at the crossroads of geopolitical, economic,…
Democracy
The Federalist Papers and Papua New Guinea: Lessons in democracy
Friday
11th October
2024
SEAN JACOBS | The US Federalist Papers—published in 1787 and 1788—may seem a world away from the…
Approaching 50: Tocqueville and democracy in Papua New Guinea
Friday
13th September
2024
SEAN JACOBS | As Papua New Guinea (PNG) approaches its 49th year, I recently found myself reflecting…
Unpacking governance and democracy in the Asia Pacific
Tuesday
21st April
2020
The recently published book Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific: Political and Civil Society, explores the theoretical and empirical relationship…
Ukraine before the Russian invasion: Democratic governance and economic performance
Friday
25th March
2022
YAN ISLAM | Stanford historian Norman Naimark proclaims that Ukraine was a ‘thriving young democracy’…
Learning in the grey zone: how democracies can meet the authoritarian challenge
Monday
26th July
2021
MATTHEW SUSSEX | Innovation by authoritarian nations in the ‘grey zone’ is becoming one of the…
Could defections threaten the survival of Myanmar’s military regime?
Tuesday
19th October
2021
ANDREW SELTH | When Myanmar’s generals seized power on 1 February, sparking an immediate and massive public…
Social media and democracy in the Philippines
Monday
19th October
2020
The digitalisation of almost every aspect of civic life has brought forth a new constitutional moment. The hyper-connectivity of…