More: Democracy
The 2022 Presidential Elections in the Philippines
As the Philippines go down to vote for a new President on May 9, let’s have a look at how democracy functions in the...
Cooperating with autocrats: When is too much, too much?
Two recent publications have fuelled debate about democratic cooperation with autocratic governments in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, in the wake of the...
Tackling the risks for democracy of digital political campaigning
The Council of Europe issued today a set of guidelines to its 46 member states to address the challenges to the fairness and legitimacy...
To hell with institutions? AMLO’s Recall Referendum
On 10th April the recall referendum is scheduled to take place, with the aim to revoke the mandate of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)...
Harmful habits
It's not a stretch to believe that since the earliest versions of democracy were introduced in Ancient Greece, there have undoubtedly been incidents of...
The Strengthening of Non-Democratic Wings in Indonesia
The discourse that was blown by several Indonesia national political elites about postponing the presidential election is a dangerous democratic blunder. Moreover, it is...
South Korea Elections 2022: Chaebol Reforms are Yet Again Nowhere in Sight
As South Korea votes for their next Presidential candidate, where do the chaebol reforms stand? Unfortunately, the Moon-Jae In administration did little to change...
Indonesia should not be tempted to delay the presidential election
The statement by the Head of the BKPM of Indonesia (National Investment Board), Bahlil Lahadalia, supported by several political elites (Muhaimin Iskandar, Chairman of...
Indonesia’s Economics Democracy Turns into Oligarchy
Three years before John Maynard Keynes published his Magnum Opus, "General Theory," in 1933 two economists shared their views on the imperfections of free...
Russia-China and the warning against Ukraine of falling into the “trap of Western democracy”
Perhaps the current Ukrainian crisis with Russia has redrawn the international order, and made the most prominent analysis here focus on whether the United...