A decades old question of democratization in China has been revived by its resurgence as a world power under the non-democratic leadership of the CCP [...]

South Korea’s new president Lee Myung-bak has won more support, though less than he had initially expected. The legislative elections of April 9, 2008 resulted in qualified success for the Grand National Party [...]

Under the principle of “one country, two systems,” mainland China maintains a socialist system of rule while allowing Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region, to operate under a capitalist system. The implementation of this principle is apparent in the differences [...]

In this article, I warn that the realist assumptions of unitary actors and state sovereignty should be applied to Malaysia only after examining her domestic political conditions. My analysis proceeds in the following order [...]

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou won a landslide victory on March 22, 2008, defeating Democratic People’s Party (DPP) candidate Frank Hsieu and ending eight years of DPP rule over Taiwan. His victory has largely been attributed to [...]

On February 25, Lee Myung-bak will be inaugurated as the tenth president of the Republic of Korea. President-elect Lee is a member of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP or Hannara-dang), and his inauguration ends ten years of rule by progressive presidents [...]