In this issue of our journal, authors reflect on contemporary changes in the domestic political architectures in both Europe and Asia and analyse causes, drivers, and impacts in order to get a better understanding of political renewal. Whether this is for better or worse is dependent in personal interpretation; that both regions undergo significant political change, however, is undisputable.
Christian Echle
The Rise of New-Populism in Europe and Asia
Florian Hartleb
ASEAN Imperfect: The Changing Nature of Southeast Asian Regionalism
Frederick Kliem
Democratisation in Myanmar: Glue or Gloss?
Naing Ko Ko
The Modi Phenomenon and the Re-Making of India
Brahma Chellaney
Political Change in Sri Lanka? Challenges for a Stable Post-Civil War Consensus
Mallika Joseph
Unmasking Duterte’s Populism: Populist Rhetoric versus Policies in the Philippines
Ronald U. Mendoza
Digital Populism and the Social Media Impact on the 2017 Mongolian Presidential Election
Tserenjamts Munkhtsetseg
The European Union’s Institutional Resilience at Times of Domestic Change
Olaf Wientzek
Brexit as a Cause and a Consequence of Political Change in the UK
Simon Usherwood
Birgit Holzer
Viktor Orbán’s Hungary: Orbanist Politics and Philosophy from a Historical Perspective
Gellért Rajcsányi
How Poland is Drifting Away from Liberal Democracy
Piotr Buras