Thai Vote Spells Danger for Junta and Monarchy...
“When Thailand held elections for its 500-member House of Representatives last Sunday, it was only the second national election since…
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Every Day is International Youth Day When You’re P...
Though International Youth Day comes but once a year—Thursday, August 12, in 2021—young people are working 365 days a year…
While Autocrats Exploit the Pandemic, Citizens Fig...
The global pandemic has provided the perfect cover for authoritarians to buttress systems of control and surveillance. Yet despite their…
Making Youth Voices Count
“How can we create change?” This was the question on the minds of young political party members who gathered together…
Thailand: Young People Refuse To Be Silenced In Th...
This weekend, Thais will go to the polls for their first general election in eight years. Since 2014, Thailand has…
IRI Celebrates 20 Years of Democracy Work in Indon...
As the first local IRI staff hired in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1998, Delima Saragih has worked tirelessly to strengthen democratic…
Reflection on the Skripal Poisoning Case in the Cz...
The poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, United Kingdom, on March 4 has…
Thailand Campaign Management Camp: Preparing the N...
In a world that loves the transparency and instant gratification of social media, political participation, which is slow in nature…
Meet the Future: Gunawan from Indonesia
In my last blog, A Deep Bench, I wrote of 36 incredible youth democracy activists from 13 different countries in…
50 Years for One Southeast Asian Vision
While the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) may elicit a mix of feelings depending on whom you speak…
Empowering Future Women Leaders in Thailand...
IRI’s Young Women Lead! program brings together promising young Thai women to listen to the personal testimonials of inspiring women…
A Deep Bench
2016 was not a great year for freedom worldwide. As the 2017 Freedom in the World report noted, last year…