by SE BIN KIM | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe has reshaped the political scene all around the world. From seeking political hegemony and challenging elites, populists derive their legitimacy from the “will of the people” in this personalist...
by PHILIP M DELISI | Mar 14, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Economic success and economic allocation under authoritarian political suppression began to be overturned in South Korea during the late 1980’s. Democratic policies gradually substituted autarchy with steady economic benefits. An important event in history for South...
by SAMUEL STOYKO BOZOUKOV | Mar 13, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
In a mostly ceremonial parliamentary vote on Sunday March 11, the National People’s Congress of China voted to allow the abolishment of term limits for President Xi Jinping, allowing him to stay in power indefinitely. While China is not nominally a democratic state,...
by IPPEI KATO | Mar 12, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Japan, one of the most peaceful and safest country that has never experienced any configuration after WWⅡ, is facing undemocratic crisis that can change its long-standing neutral position and find its way to garrison state. Japan is one of the rare countries that have...
by Minch | Feb 28, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The President recently aroused public reaction by equating the essence of a woman to a functional vagina. In front of more than 200 former communist rebels, the President said, “Tell the soldiers, ‘there is a new order coming from mayor. We won’t kill you. We will...
