Asia The China Factor in Taiwan’s 2020 Election and Beyond January 9, 2020 0 Image credit: 104年11月7日 馬英九總統出席兩岸領導人會面 by 總統府/Flickr, license CC BY 2.0 Written by T.Y. Wang. Taiwan’s citizens will go to the polls on 11 January 2020 to elect their next…
Democracy Trouble in the Blue Camp September 23, 2019 0 Image credit: 韓國瑜市長就職現場 by 文進 葉/ Flickr, license: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by J. Michael Cole. This article is republished from Taiwan Sentinel. Read the original article. Within a matter…
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…
Asia A politics of hope: The new generation of Thai politicians February 22, 2019 0 Written by Thannapat Jarernpanit. Having been postponed four times by the ruling military junta, a general election will be held in Thailand on 24 March…
Culture and Society Book raids, Red-baiting and culture wars in the Indonesian presidential election February 21, 2019 1 Written by Michael G. Vann. On 26 December 2018, an Indonesian National Army (TNI) unit raided a book vendor in Kediri, East Java. They seized…
China The lamb goes quietly to the slaughter February 18, 2019 2 Written by Linda Gail Arrigo. Recently, on 20 October 2018, diehard Taiwan Independence forces mustered by the chairman of Formosa TV, Kuo Pei-hung (郭倍宏), held…
Elections Some Early Thoughts on the Taiwan 2018 Elections and Referendums in an International Context- Part One December 21, 2018 0 Written by Ian Inkster, Mark Wenyi Lai and Victoria Hsin Hsin Chang. The academic commentaries now hitting the scene in the Taiwanese newspapers and social…
Elections On Thailand’s election: left foot first or the right one? November 14, 2018 0 Written by Jie Du. Thailand needs democracy, but it may not be ready for full democracy. Military dictatorships and elected governments have taken turns in Thailand’s…
Elections Building the Future Forward Party brand in junta-ruled Thailand November 13, 2018 0 Written by Petra Desatova. Thailand’s ruling junta, formally known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), seized power in a military coup on 22…
ASEAN Thailand’s 2019 election: what’s in it for regional economic integration? November 12, 2018 0 Written by Kaewkamol Karen Pitakdumrongkit. In May 2014 the Thai military staged a coup which overthrew the democratically elected government. After long delays, the Kingdom is…