by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Dec 9, 2022 | Opinion, Politics
As its international prestige and diplomatic relevance are thrown into question, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must show the world it can rein in the rogue member state in its pack. When the Armed Forces of Myanmar (or Burma, depending on where...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Jul 13, 2022 | Health, Opinion, Politics
The United States Supreme Court overturned the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling earlier last month, ending the constitutional right to abortion in the country. The court’s highly controversial decision has sent shockwaves across the U.S. and throughout the world,...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | May 14, 2022 | Opinion, Politics
Democracy is under heavy assault throughout Asia. In the latest 2022 Freedom in the World report released by Freedom House, the continent is home to the three biggest drops in this year’s global freedom index. Compared to the previous year, junta-ruled...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | May 7, 2022 | Politics, Preprint
Between 2013 and 2020, the Commonwealth of Australia has enjoyed the top spot as the strongest democracy in Asia according to the Democracy Index released annually by Freedom House. It dropped to second place in 2021 and then third in 2022, trailing behind New Zealand...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | May 6, 2022 | Politics, Preprint
Using the raw historical dataset available on the Freedom House website, we compute and rank the largest decline in the global freedom index from 2007 to 2022 (territories are excluded). For each year, we subtract its index from the prior year’s figure and...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | May 4, 2022 | Politics, Preprint
Between 2008 and 2019, the aggregate average of the democracy index for all Asia-Pacific countries as published by Freedom House saw a 2.67 points increase. During the same period, the world average saw a 2.76 points decrease. Freedom Index aggregate scores for the...
