States across South and Southeast Asia struggle to preserve democratic ... and the future of regional democracy remains unclear. This project will utilize a range of discussions, meetings ...

Democracy in Asia is rapidly deteriorating—accelerated by waning international support and democratic backsliding even in the ...

As the United States and the United Kingdom slash foreign aid budgets, Southeast Asian nations face immediate humanitarian ...

Trump’s Cuts to Democracy Promotion Like the NED Already ... weakening critical support structures in regions like Southeast Asia. U.S. Soft Power Is Spiraling in Asia, With China Filling ...

Authoritarian leaders in Europe and Asia are emboldened by the White House’s signals of disinterest in condemning their ...

One could argue that it promotes democracy and rights in ways ... for dissidents from neighboring authoritarian states. Mainland Southeast Asia has, in recent years, become a hub of transnational ...

Trump’s pause on the US law banning bribery of foreign officials may challenge anti-corruption efforts in Southeast Asia.

While many in the region were unperturbed by his election, the US president’s disruptive approach threatens the open and ...

From undersea cables to grey zone coercion, the region’s states face challenges in managing intensifying strategic ...

Nearly half of Southeast Asian countries ... driven by power dynamics between armed forces, state leaders, and the private sector. Conventional democracy theory, it argued, assumed that greater ...