... rights health care law Japan South Korea The rights of people with disabilities are increasingly recognized in Japan and South Korea, East Asia’s main industrialized democracies. In 2008, South Korea enacted unprecedented legislation to prohibit disability-based discrimination and ratified...

... China governance surveillance law corruption civil liberties Internet Xi Jinping communism 209 Social credit redirects the power of data away from markets and strengthens the state s ability to comprehensively control behavior. China s Social Credit System: Data-Driven Governance...

... Nicolas Parent Venezuela refugees asylum law immigration migrants Hugo Chávez Nicolás Maduro Colombia Peru Ecuador Brazil Cartagena Declaration 56 [T]he Venezuelan displacement crisis is a crucial test of the liberal immigration policies that have been adopted across Latin America...

...Anna Grzymala-Busse The one bright light in this darkening landscape is that Poles remain committed to democracy. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Anna Grzymala-Busse Poland democracy populism judiciary Law Justice Party...

...Anna Gelpern [S]overeign debt is a complex political institution, which cannot be reduced to creditor coordination or any other contract problem. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Anna Gelpern sovereign debt contract law...

... Holly Case Hungary Viktor Orbán Young Democrats Poland Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice party Fidesz populism refugee crisis immigration Islam authoritarianism Eastern Europe illiberalism communism PERSPECTIVE There s a lot we re getting wrong if we see the illiberal...

... The Regents of the University of California Anita Chan China migrant laborers labor law labor rights right strike Guangdong province foreign investment NGOs Xi Jinping Foreign NGO Management Law 209 The workers themselves have begun demanding better labor conditions and claiming...

... of the University of California Mark Beeson China South China Sea Philippines Vietnam Japan Australia United States maritime law Barack Obama Xi Jinping ASEAN nationalism United Nations Convention Law Sea How times change. Only a few years ago the East Asian region was known primarily...

...Beatriz Magaloni; Zaira Razu [C]riminal groups are above the law because they have managed to capture and corrupt the state. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Beatriz Magaloni Zaira Razu Mexico human rights criminal...

...Tyrell Haberkorn Since the May 2014 coup, the junta has leaned on the law to impose the worst repression in Thailand since the 1970s. Opposition activists are fighting back in the courts. © 2015 Current History. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Tyrell...

... reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Kathryn Lavelle capitalism socialism banking financial crisis bailouts United States Europe regulation international law 304 [F]or the democratic political and capitalist economic systems to survive, a gov- ernment s response...

... reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Lustig Loren Graham Russia technology innovation science development patent law business The arts and sciences somehow flourished in Russia despite centuries of autocracy, yet the country has a sorry record of channel...

...Jan Zielonka International politics based on law and norms has benefited European countries, and there is no reason to assume that other regions cannot benefit from it too. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Jan Zielonka European...

... Kim Jung-il rule law Samuel Huntington Fareed Zakaria Robert Mugabe John Stuart Mill 308 Stable democracy does not depend on a rigid set of preconditions, and has emerged in many surprising circumstances. Is There a Proper Sequence in Democratic Transitions? Francis Fukuyama...

... Janusz Bugajski Poland Lech Kaczynski Jaroslaw Kaczynski Bronislaw Komorowski Civic Platform Catholic Church Tadeusz Rydzyk Donald Tusk Law Justice 103 Warsaw s aspirations to become a major EU player and to develop closer ties with Moscow could create the appearance of detachment...

... investment, and greater transparency in the delivery of vital services. One of Cardoso s most important initiatives, approved by the Congress in May 2000, was the Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF). For decades, fis- cal laxity had been a serious Achilles heel when it came to governing Brazil. All levels...

... of the University of California China Hong Kong Basic Law Tung Chee-hwa Standing Committee Article 23 Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Taiwan demonstration 290 Chinese central government officials are reluctant to allow political reform in Hong Kong to proceed too rapidly or to be driven primarily...

... democracy Indigenous Law Mexico PAN PEMEX PRI privatization reform Vicente Fox Zapatista Since the arrival of Vicente Fox to the presidency, Mexico has been stuck in neutral. The executive has been characterized by confusion, indecision, and repeated policy mistakes. Mexican political parties...

... by internal struggles, basically looks after itself. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California authoritarian democracy Federation Council FSB Gazprom Kremlin Putin rule law Russia Yeltsin President Vladimir Putin s consolidation...