by Samuel Zirock | Dec 8, 2021 | Georgia State University
Polarization can be observed as a phenomenon inflicting countries around the world to varying degrees. South Korea is no exception, since the founding of the Sixth Republic of Korea in 1987, the country has experienced polarization of varying levels, and even an...
by Shania Darla Soriano | Jun 20, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 states that individuals who claim to belong to terrorist groups and create terror in the state must be arrested, detained, and subjected to the death penalty. Despite this law, terrorists remain able and free to form...
by Shania Darla Soriano | Apr 28, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
With only one more year to go, Duterte and his tyranny will finally end. This leaves the country’s democracy in a precarious position in the next 2022 elections. Will the country vote to regain democracy? Or will the country vote for Duterte version 2.0? On May 9,...
by Joshua Emmanuel Ramos | Apr 28, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Beginning the 1970s, the Philippines has endured Constitutional violations committed by no less than the government. To go around the 1935 Constitution’s ban on a third consecutive term, President Marcos campaigned for a constitutional convention to revise the same....
by Alejandro Barrera | Apr 6, 2021 | Georgia State University
Vietnam is a country with an authoritarian and non-democratic regime, led solely by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Yet, unlike other authoritarian models of governments often spearheaded by one centralized figure such as Xi Jinping in China, Vietnam’s model of...