From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy

For countries emerging from communism, the post-1989 imperative to “be like the West” has generated discontent and even a “return of the repressed,” as the region feels old nationalist stirrings…

After a decade of partial liberalization begun by the late King Hussein, freedoms are now being rolled back by an anxious regime.

The Editors’ introduction to “Hong Kong, Singapore, and ‘Asian Values.'”