January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
Region: Asia
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
Sri Lanka: Surviving Ethnic Strife
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
China’s Constitutionalist Option
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
Indonesia: Suharto’s Tightening Grip
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
Vietnam’s Tentative Transformation
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
Burma’s Uneven Struggle
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
Soft Authoritarianism in Malaysia and Singapore
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
Taiwan’s Unique Challenges
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
Grappling with Legitimacy
A review of Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority, edited by Muthiah Alagappa.
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
Thailand: Toward Democratic Stability
January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
Cambodia’s Fading Hopes
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
Chinese Culture and Political Renewal
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
China’s Surge of Corruption
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
Kazakhstan’s Quandry
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
Departures from Communism
A review of From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union, by Minxin Pei and Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China: Political Reform in the Deng Xiaoping Era, by Merlec Goldman.
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
Trouble in Paradise
A review of To Catch a Traitor in Lee Kuan Yew’s Prison, by Francis T. Seow.
April 1995, Volume 6, Issue 2
Confucianism and Democracy
January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
Democracy’s Future: The Asian Spectrum
October 1994, Volume 5, Issue 4
The Puzzle of East Asian Exceptionalism
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Updates on Japan & Italy: Rock of Sisyphus or Road to Reform?
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Defending Human Rights in Indonesia
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Broken Promises: Hong Kong Faces 1997
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Pakistan: Hope Amidst Turmoil
April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Sustaining Burma’s Hopes for Freedom
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Axis Powers 50 Years Later: Japan’s New Politics
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
Kyrgyzstan: The Trials of Independence
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Return of Party Politics in Nepal
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: India—The Dilemmas of Diversity
October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The UN and the Cambodian Transition
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
Democratizing Dragons: South Korea & Taiwan
April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2
China’s Path from Communism
October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
Indonesia’s Threefold Crisis
October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
The Philippines at the Polls
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
India: Liberalism vs. Nationalism
A review of Democracy and Discontent: India’s Growing Crisis of Governability, by Atul Kohli and The Politics of India Since Independence, by Paul Brass.
January 1992, Volume 3, Issue 1
Burma’s Quest for Democracy: An Introduction
January 1992, Volume 3, Issue 1
Indian Democracy: Stress and Resilience
Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption: Thailand’s Search for Accountability
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
China’s Time Will Come
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Strategies for Change in China
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Thailand After the Coup
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
China and the Lessons of Eastern Europe
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
The Korean Experiment
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
Manila’s Malaise
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Burma’s Ambiguous Breakthrough
Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue 4
Educating Thai Democracy
Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Third World Communism in Crisis: Reform Runs Aground in Vietnam
Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
India After the Dynasty
Spring 1990, Volume 1, Issue 2
Is China Ready for Democracy?
Spring 1990, Volume 1, Issue 2
Taiwan in Transition
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Tiananmen and Beyond: After the Massacre
The following text is based upon remarks presented by Wuer Kaixi in Washington, D.C. on 2 August 1989 at a meeting cosponsored by the Congressional Human Rights Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy.
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Tiananmen and Beyond: China’s Great Leap Backward
This past spring the world looked on in wonder as millions filled the streets of Beijing and 80 other Chinese cities, defying the Communist regime and demanding democracy.
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Tiananmen and Beyond: The Resurgence of Civil Society in China
The remarkable events of April and May 1989 revealed the degree to which civil society has reemerged in Communist China. The ruthless campaign of suppression that began on June 4 revealed in turn the degree to which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) remains unwilling and unable to accept the reality of nascent civil society in…
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Tiananmen and Beyond: Peering Over the Great Wall
Our goal at present is the thorough modernization of China. We all have a compelling sense of the need for this. There is a widespread feeling of dissatisfaction with the status quo among people in all walks of life.
What Mattered to You in 2022
In 2022, we began publishing shorter, exclusively online pieces. No topic mattered more to you than Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine. We also published essays from the sharpest minds on protests in China and Iran, instability in Pakistan, and more.
Consolidating Democracy in South Korea
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Democracy in East Asia
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Emerging Market Democracies: East Asia and Latin America
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Electoral Systems and Democracy
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The State of India’s Democracy
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How People View Democracy
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