24. Feb 2008

South Korea, 25.02.08: a new president is sworn in

InFocus, Korea

A personal comment by Geir Helgesen, Senior Researcher, NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

A change of leader in South Korea: does it matter much? Is it not, after all, the institutions and rules that characterize democratic governance while the president is more of a figurehead? Well, yes and no. South Korea is a democracy, as is the USA, but in both countries the president plays a decisive role, in Korea even more so than in the USA.

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18. Feb 2008

ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN

InFocus, Pakistan

Stig Toft Madsen 

18 February 2008

For the last twelve months the telos of events in Pakistan have been the elections, postponed once, but now most likely to be held tomorrow on February 18th.

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13. Feb 2008

Timor Leste: ‘when the crisis is over…’

InFocus

Maj Nygaard-Christensen
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Århus

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