Covid19 is making dictatorship clearer as faking credible elections gets harder. Lee Morgenbesser from Griffith University shares his insights…
In his new book, 'The Rise of Sophisticated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia", Dr Lee Morgenbesser shares his new theory and…
With a majority of countries in South East Asia currently under autocratic leadership and little history of liberal democracy in…
Dubious electoral endorsements are becoming normal for dictators worldwide. Cambodians went to the polls last weekend, but it was a…
In August 2017, Rwandan President Paul Kagame won re-election with 98.79 percent of the vote. Underlying this landslide victory was…
Lee Morgenbesser looks at the case for and against dropping economic restrictions on Myanmar. Two weeks ago the Obama administration…
Why Southeast Asia is a region with many elections but little democratisation. Democracy in Southeast Asia is on the defensive.
The existence of ‘hybrid regimes’ occupying a grey zone between liberal democracy and closed authoritarianism is firmly established. This conceptual…
On Sunday, Myanmar will conduct general elections for its regional and state assemblies, and the lower and upper houses of…
