...Ehito Kimura; Iqra Anugrah Jockeying ahead of the 2024 national elections took center stage in Indonesia’s political landscape in 2023. The selection of President Jokowi’s son for a vice-presidential ticket signaled the continuation and intensification of dynastic politics. The economy faced...

...Sang-young Rhyu Japan’s domestic politics in 2022, though immensely shocked by Abe’s assassination, continued as usual without major changes from 2021. The LDP–Komeito coalition prevails, and opposition coalitions failed to prevent it from dominating. Although the Japanese economy is recovering...

...Adam P. Liff For Japan in 2021, COVID-19-related disruption was again the dominant storyline. Its impact transcended societal consequences to affect Japan’s economy, politics, and foreign affairs. It frustrated Japan’s economic recovery and, for the second time in as many years, contributed...

...-amended, US-drafted 1947 constitution. By spring, however, it was clear that COVID-19 had other plans. Despite public health outcomes better than in any other G7 member, daily life was severely disrupted, and the domestic political and economic fallout for Japan was significant. By late summer...

... of the constitution: they are relatively minimalist in nature. This new modesty is due to the necessity to win over other parties and voters, but it is also an attempt to cement rather than to change the LDP- made status quo. KEYWORDS: Japan, politics, LDP, constitutional amendment, Abe IN MAY 2017, JUST IN TIME...

... these “rules of the game.” This paper sets out a new understanding of the power relations that govern engagement in politics and the economy. © 2018 by The Regents of the University of California 2018 Afghanistan networks of access governance politics markets ASHLEY JACKSON AND GIULIA MINOIA...

...Nematullah Bizhan This article examines post-2001 state-building in Afghanistan. In so doing, it explores how interactions among aid, politics, and state capacity shaped the characteristics of the state by looking at the existing conditions, sources of state income, the development planning process...

...Anthony Milner The Najib government continued to consolidate its political hold on Malaysia in 2017. Various factors, including a moderately improved economic situation and a relatively generous 2018 budget, suggested that it had good prospects for winning the next election, to be held...

... interests as well as the economy and religious conflict continues to be a challenge. Overall, the new government ’ s contribution to democratic reforms has been modest thus far. © 2016 by The Regents of the University of California 2016 Indonesia politics patronage reforms economy civil rights...

...Samuel C. Y. Ku Laos’ economy declined slightly in 2015, but its political and economic integration with neighboring countries gradually deepened. While China continued to be a key actor in Vientiane’s foreign relations, Laos’ ties with neighboring Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and even Japan...

...Kikue Hamayotsu In 2014, Indonesia inaugurated as president the former Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, or “Jokowi,” raising public expectations for reform especially among people outside the powerful political and business elite circles. It is uncertain to what extent, and how, the new government...

...Satyajit Singh This paper examines decentralized reform initiatives in the Indian rural water sector from a policy perspective as well as from a political perspective focused on institutional design and implementation at the local level. It argues that normative economic prescriptions regarding...

...Ying-Kit Chan This article, a preliminary observation of the kopitiam (coffee shop) in Singapore, argues that the informal and seemingly apolitical kopitiam has engendered a form of political resistance that we have often failed to see. Using a case study, the article examines how local practices...

.... With democratic electoral- ism revived in a post-authoritarian setting, such issues can no longer be swept under the carpet: they are matched by a relatively openmedia and burgeoning civil society. KEYWORDS: Indonesia, economy, politics, governance, electoralism, foreign relations INTRODUCTION As is frequently...

...Ehito Kimura Corruption and political infighting continued to dominate the headlines in Indonesia in 2011. While lawmakers and political parties continued to be deeply unpopular, new developments dragged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's popularity down to all-time lows. Religious violence...

...Adam Fforde Tensions in the international arena are linked here to problems in contemporary Vietnam. Eroding domestic political authority is related to the lack of political reconstruction to suit a market economy and an increasingly open society. At the close of 2011, it appears...

... to be an endemic problem. The economy posted impressive gains, and Indonesia's reputation abroad appeared solid. © 2011 By the Regents of the University of California Indonesia politics corruption economy foreign policy Asian Survey, Vol. 51, Number 1, pp. 186 195. ISSN 0004-4687, electronic ISSN...

... insurgency and associated opportunistic violence fuelling the instability. © 2010 By the Regents of the University of California Southern Thailand insurgency politics market for violence Thai government policy MARC ASKEW Insurgency and the Market for Violence in Southern Thailand Neither War...

... (MILF). Meanwhile, the embattled Arroyo government worked to respond to a series of economic and natural disasters. © 2009 by The Regents of the University of California. 2009 Philippines politics MILF economy Arroyo THE PHILIPPINES IN 2008 Peace-building, War-fighting, and Crisis...

..., effectiveness. © 2009 by The Regents of the University of California. 2009 China 2008 Olympics earthquake politics CHINA IN 2008 Meeting Olympian Challenges Marc Blecher Abstract In 2008 China faced Olympian challenges, of which the Olympics was but one. Some were of its own making; others were...