Elections Is Han Kuo-yu a Populist? August 23, 2019 0 Written by Gunter Schubert. Image credit: PC090558 by Chiang Jacques/Flickr, license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 When informed observers comment on recent political developments in Taiwan, they…
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…
conflict Why Filipinos have come to embrace authoritarian ‘discipline’ July 3, 2019 1 Written by Wataru Kusaka. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. With no opposition candidates winning a single senatorial seat, President Rodrigo Duterte…
Civil Society Reforming an ‘evil’ party-list system July 1, 2019 0 Written by Julio C. Teehankee. Image Credit: Election Posters by David Stanley/CC; Licence: CC BY 2.0. At the end of the hotly contested 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines,…
Activism Polarising Dissent: The constructed narrative of Singapore’s new ‘fake news’ law June 10, 2019 0 Written by Howard Lee and Terence Lee. Image Credit: singapore by Matt Madd/Flickr, Licence CC BY 2.0. On 8 May 2019, Singapore passed its fake news legislation.…
Activism Are social media destroying democracy in Southeast Asia? March 14, 2019 0 Written by Ross Tapsell. Recent literature has argued that social media use encourages authoritarianism. Ronald J. Deibert’s January 2019 article in Journal of Democracy argues…
Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and the Making of a Populist Demigod: Part 2 March 17, 2017 0 Written by Michael I. Magcamit and Aries A. Arugay. In a country where news about crimes and misdemeanors (of both civilians and law enforcers) have…
Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and the Making of a Populist Demigod: Part 1 March 17, 2017 0 Written by Michael I. Magcamit and Aries A. Arugay. Politics is performance. Performance is politics. And if there is an acting award for ‘Best Performance…
