Activism Raging resistance against India’s anti-Muslim citizenship law December 16, 2019 2 Image Credit: Refugees, Climatalk/Flickr; Licence: CC BY NC 2.0 Written by Ashok Swain. India is currently witnessing large-scale protests all over the country. While these protests are…
Elections 2020 Perfect Vision: Taiwan’s Upcoming Presidential and Legislative Elections December 9, 2019 0 Image Credit: 第十四任總統、副總統宣誓就職 by 總統府/flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. Written by Gerrit van der Wees. In Spring 2019, the political future did not look very…
China British policy towards Hong Kong December 4, 2019 0 Image Credit: Legco (Legislative Council) Building, Hong Kong by Steve Cadman/Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Tim Summers. The tumultuous events of this summer…
Belt and Road Initiative Indonesia: The Belt and Road Initiative and relations with China October 4, 2019 0 Image credit: Construction in Pekanbaru" by World Bank Photo Collection; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Hongyi Lai In this commentary I provide a brief overview of the…
Culture and Society Han Kuo-yu and the enigma of Taiwan’s indigenous politics September 9, 2019 0 Written by Scott E. Simon Image credit: 總統代表政府向原住民族道歉 by the Office of the President, Republic of China/Flickr, license CC BY 2.0 Taiwan is having a raucous…
Business and Politics Following the money: Political financing in Malaysia July 30, 2019 0 Written by Tricia Yeoh. Image Credit: Najib’s campaign visit to USM, 8 December 2012 by radiantjustice/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. It is important to examine how political parties are…
Business Party finances and money politics in Southeast Asia July 29, 2019 0 Written by Wolfgang Sachsenröder. Image Credit: ฮุนเซนเลือกตั้ง 29 ก.ค. 61, by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Problems with party funding are universal. Political activities – especially election campaigns –…
Congress An alternative take on President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘overwhelming’ midterm election victory July 12, 2019 0 Written by Ronald U. Mendoza and Leonardo M. Jaminola III. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. President Rodrigo R. Duterte recently completed his…
Activism The party-list system in the Philippines: Is it better or worse for democracy? July 4, 2019 0 Written by Jorge Villamor Tigno. Image Credit: Satur Ocampo & Liza Maza file candidacy for Senate by Victor Villanueva/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The party-list system in the…
Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
