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Why is the world's biggest democracy silent on Suu Kyi?

jeremy wrote 2 months ago: Image source: http://politicalseance101.com An article by Joan Smith in The Independent yesterday e … more →

Tags: Human Rights, international political economy, Burma, India, Suu Kyi

From Obama to Hu Jintao

strugmo wrote 5 months ago: There’s always a lot of attention on American politics because of the influence they have in t … more →

Tags: Comic Strip, China

4th impeachment attempt fails

rbvergara wrote 7 months ago: Not sufficient in substance, says Justice Committee House Committee junks impeachment compla … more →

Tags: Politics, News, Filipino, filipino-american, arroyo impeachment, Filipino Americans, FILIPINOS, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Details of Opposition's case for impeaching Arroyo2 comments

rbvergara wrote 7 months ago: JDV, opposition solons detail alleged Arroyo offenses by JESUS F. LLANTO, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak … more →

Tags: Filipino, filipino-american, Politics, arroyo impeachment, Filipino Americans, FILIPINOS, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Letters from the Hermit Kingdom: North Korea and the Kim. 6 comments

letterstoadyingdream wrote 10 months ago: The Kingdom of the Kim: North Korea is an interesting place especially for a kid that grew up at the … more →

Tags: communism, crazy people, History, Human Rights, North Korea, Philosophy, Politics, War, Assholes

India--an "exceptional" Country with Democratic Deficit1 comment

jd wrote 10 months ago: In comparative politics, there are two countries that are truly exceptional–the USA and India … more →

Tags: Comparative Politics--PLSC240, corruption, democracy, governance, Human Security, India, Judiciary, Methodology, O'Neil-Chapter 5

Ganguly on Structural Sources of Authoritarianism in Pakistan

jd wrote 11 months ago: In Intro to Comparative Politics, we devote a considerable amount of time to understanding regime ty … more →

Tags: Authoritarianism, Case Study, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, corruption, explanation, Nationalism, O'Neil-Chapter 5, Structure, Musharraf resigns

What are the Fundamental Tenets of Confucianism...Culture as Destiny?

jd wrote 1 year ago: Over the past few weeks, we have addressed the debate regarding the relative explanatory power of cu … more →

Tags: Political Culture, Elections and Voting, East Asia, ethnicity, democracy, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, China, Institutions, O'Neil-Chapter 6

Bear with me...

ivorynightfall wrote 1 year ago: …as I experiment with the basics of blogging.  This blog will explore the intellectual musings … more →

Tags: Introduction, Web 2.0, social networking, Social Change Organizations, cross-strait relations, China, Taiwan, networking, Training

TIBET, CHINA & THE OLYMPICS...

leftofdayton wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Freedom of Speech

It's Spring, so how is your Bracket Doing?

jd wrote 1 year ago: Well, it’s that time of year again. Has your bracket been busted? How many of you can hone … more →

Tags: Political Culture, ethnic violence, Elections and Voting, democracy, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, Serbia, political attitudes, O'Neil-Chapter 5, O'Neil-Chapter 6

A rare moment to build on: Sen. Obama's speech on race and what its means for Asians in America3 comments

rbvergara wrote 1 year ago: ABC World News reported, “It may turn out to be the seminal speech of his presidential campaig … more →

Tags: Politics, obama, News, Clinton, Presidential Election, Democrats, Obama Speech, asian reaction to obama speech, asian response

Ethnic Conflict and Strife

jd wrote 1 year ago: A couple of days ago all blog posts seemed to be related to the theme “the social logic of pol … more →

Tags: iraq, ethnic violence, Political violence, Elections and Voting, Religion and Politics, Nationalism, Southeast Asia, Asia, ethnicity

CNN's Startling use of its "Arab Affairs Editor"

jd wrote 1 year ago: A couple of students in my PLSC250 class have posted a clip of part of CNN’s reaction to news … more →

Tags: Arab World (the), ethnicity, media, International Relations--PLSC250, Terrorism, Pakistan, CNN, MSM irrelevance, al qaeda number 3

European Politics Source

jd wrote 1 year ago: One of the best sources for European politics in the English language is certainly the Financial Tim … more →

Tags: British politics, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, European Politics, media, Financial Times, Media Sources, Newspapers

Coup and colonial politics in Pakistan

jonwilson wrote 1 year ago: As many commentators have noted, Musharraf’s state of emergency in Pakistan is a coup undertak … more →

Tags: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Empire

Burmese pariah

jeremy wrote 1 year ago: Image source: fillybustercartoons.com General Than Shwe is not widely known outside of Burma. Safel … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Burma

ASEAN turns the screw on Burma

jeremy wrote 1 year ago: Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win Image source: www.reuters.com There was a huge break with tradi … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Burma

The freeing of Anwar Ibrahim1 comment

jeremy wrote 4 years ago: The release from prison of Anwar Ibrahim yesterday produced a predictable response from the man who … more →

Tags: Anwar Ibrahim


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