Ruby Chuang

Polarization or Resilience? Interpreting Taiwan’s 2025 Recall Movement

Taiwan’s 2025 “Great Recall” campaign marked an unprecedented moment in the island’s democratic history. On July 26, voters were asked whether to recall 24 of 113 legislators—21% of the...

Takaichi’s Era: Democracy on the Edge?

Boston University

Japan has long been regarded as a consolidated parliamentary democracy since the post–World War II constitutional reforms, a status reaffirmed by its classification as a “liberal democracy” in the...