Democracy

Singapore is achieving a diplomatic coup that the PAP's rule does not deserve.

In the decades since Suharto fell, has Indonesia truly transformed into a stable democracy?

Democrats need to walk a fine line in order to keep Hong Kong's big issue in play.

There is still time for those who took part in epoch-making events in Singapore's history to give their personal testimony.

A personal narrative of how GE14 flew in the face of expectations of a global democratic decline.

It has taken Malaysia decades of civil and political struggle to achieve democratic regime change.

The controversy over hearings investigating fake news in Singapore have attracted international condemnation.

The world’s feeble response to the bloody events of 1997 directly influences the situation we see today in Cambodia.

Hong Kong's democracy movement is pondering its next move as voters lose hope at the ballot box.

Cambodia may be transitioning to a new Chinese-inspired model of government.

Changes to Facebook's news feed will likely benefit users, advertisers and maybe even journalism.

Taiwan is spinning pirouettes while the rest of the region plods towards authoritarianism, according to a Freedom House report.

Social media has transformed from a pro-democracy beacon to a powerful tool for meddling in elections.

If Taiwan is so outclassed militarily, why should Taipei bother with military expenditures at all?

Lee Ming-che's sentencing to five years in prison in China for the crime of 'subversion has had a marked chilling effect on the actions and communications of Taiwan's NGOs. The case also suggests Taiwan's wider population faces an insidious dilemma: whether or not to self-censor. 

As Xi Jinping uses his personality to centralize power, he may be more willing to take risks.

For civil society to help save Southeast Asian democracy, its educational mission will need to loom as large as its organizational one.

An artist and political activist was standing alone before the Parliament House, holding a mirror as an act of performance art. He was led away by the police and detained until he posted bail the next day.