Taiwan local elections Ever decreasing circles: Sean Lien’s campaign for Taipei Mayor November 17, 2014 0 Written by Ben Goren. As a general rule of thumb, mid-term elections are often difficult contests for incumbent parties to win, even more so when…
Taiwan Taipei’s Mayoral Election: A New Alignment of Electoral Demography? November 7, 2014 0 Written by Wen-Ti Sung. Taiwan will hold its so-called ‘nine-in-one’ mega-elections on November 29. Up for grabs are some 11,000 public offices at the municipal…
Asia An unexpected result? The Indian Election of 2014 June 9, 2014 0 IAPS will host (made possible by generous support from the Political Studies Association) an event to assess the Indian election of 2014. This will be…
Asia Indian Election Blog March 10, 2014 1 IAPS will be running an Indian Election Blog over the next few weeks, focusing on aspects of the campaign, candidates, state level politics and personalities.…
Elections Thailand’s intractable crisis of political community February 17, 2014 0 Written by Carlo Bonura. Reflecting on Thailand’s political crisis over the last two months, many foreign observers have questioned the democratic credentials of the protest…
Elections Boycotting Thailand’s Elections: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly February 10, 2014 0 Written by Thomas Pepinsky. Thailand’s political crisis shows no signs of abating in the wake of its recent elections. Careful analyses by longtime observers such…
Elections GE13: The view from the ground May 3, 2013 0 Written by William Case Malaysia’s 13th general election has been portrayed by many analysts in hopeful ways: the best prospect ever for opposition icon Anwar…
Elections GE13 – The view from Singapore April 30, 2013 0 Written by Derek da Cunha. Malaysia’s 13th General Election is being observed with a great deal of interest and fascination by its southern neighbour, Singapore. This…
Elections Ethnic Politics and the Challenge of PKR April 29, 2013 0 Written by Thomas Pepinsky. As Malaysia’s thirteenth general elections approach, all eyes are on the two coalitions: the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition and the opposition Pakatan…
Elections The Inescapable Draw of Communalism in the Malaysian Elections April 28, 2013 0 Written by Joseph Chinyong Liow. Ethnic identity and communal interests have always been a defining feature of Malaysian politics. This is perhaps most profoundly illustrated in…
