Category: Power and Democracy
The “New Cold War” between the United States and China
As the “New Cold War” between the United States and China threatens to escalate to an...
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Democracy and Charisma: A Dangerous Liaison
Democracy in the Era of Charismatic Politics in India and the Philippines Talk delivered to...
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Police in Kashmir confronting demonstrators in December 2018. Source: Wikimedia Commons
India asked to restore special status of Jammu and Kashmir
Focus signed on to this joint open letter to Prime Minister Modi on the situation in Jammu &...
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DUTERTE, THE SERPENT. His strongman rule ultimately serves the administration’s authoritarian and neoliberal agenda. United Peoples’ SONA. Quezon City, Philippines. 2019 July 22. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
A Period of Consequences: The Era of Violence, Hardships, Betrayals, and Perversions under Duterte
Focus on the Global South’s Statement on President Rodrigo Duterte’s midterm State of the Nation...
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The Rise of the Democratic Dictatorship in Thailand
“I will promote a peaceful environment for a unified society based on love, unity and compassion...
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Is Duterte’s promised change still the change we want?
“Change is coming” was Duterte’s popular campaign slogan when he ran for the presidency in 2016....
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Event: Focus Policy Review 2019 launch
Focus on the Global South (Focus) will launch its Focus Policy Review 2019, “Critical...
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Observations on the Thai Election 2019
by Supatsak Pobsuk Mixed Member Apportionment System (MMA) MMA, a newly designed electoral system,...
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10 Years of Struggle for Land and Life
The Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT) celebrated their 10th...
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Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
14 December 2018: On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Justice for the TAMASCO 8 Massacre. Now.
December 3 marks the first death anniversary of Datu Victor Danyan, his two sons, son-in law, and...
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In Photos: Work Beyond Banks acitivites on extractivism and corporate impunity
On Extractivism Cooptation of Judiciary System, Corporate and International Financial...
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