IPP REVIEW--Archive Category: Society

By Peter Kien-hong Yu - 27 Jan 2017

The Era of Deglobalization Has Already Begun

The first wave of globalization began with Western colonization. In the last several decades, we have seen Americanization or internationalization. However, there are a lot of contradictions, for example, interdependence is not the same as Americanization.

By Michael S. H. Heng - 24 Jan 2017

Trump’s Victory is a Wakeup Call

By Abdul Basit - 19 Jan 2017

South Asia’s Urban, Educated Jihadists

The Afghan War Stalemate: Neither Winning nor Losing

Since the International Security Assistance Force drawdown from Afghanistan in December 2014, America’s ad-hoc and confusing policies, the incompetence of the Afghan government, and the Taliban’s inflexibility to peace talks have complicated the stalemate of the Afghan conflict.

By Abdul Basit - 06 Jan 2017 | 0 comments Read more...

2016: A Breakthrough Year for Populism

2016 was a breakthrough year for populism, highlighted by the victory of the “leave” campaign in the UK’s Brexit referendum in June, and Donald Trump’s win in the US general elections in November.

By Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim and Wen-Xin Lim - 28 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

Design of Municipal Water Tariffs in Southeast Asia

The concept of a meme is a useful way of thinking about the widespread adoption of increasing block tariffs, the approach most municipal water utilities in Southeast Asia now use to calculate their customers’ water bills.

By Dale Whittington - 22 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

How Predatory Value Extraction Ruined the American Middle Class

Since the 1980s, US business corporations have been restructuring employment relations and financial behavior. Many people lost their jobs and were forced to find jobs in new places. It is a fact that the benefits and costs of the restructuring have been distributed unequally.

By Jang-Sup Shin - 21 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

Trumpism: Shifting the Spotlight Away Might Help

Trumpism is now shaping events around the world, like the One China policy and the Russian intervention of the presidential election. The best approach is to devalue Trumpism and treat US President-elect Donald Trump as an ordinary US president.

By Nong Hong - 19 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

Land Transfer and Rural Economic Reform in China

The National Development and Reform Commission of China released its five-year plan (2016-20) for rural economic development in November 2016. In this plan, rising costs in agricultural production have been highlighted as a major challenge.

By Jiwei Qian - 09 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

National Priority: From Ideology to Governance

The campaign rhetoric of Trump and the shift of Duterte to “pivot to China” seem to indicate a new sense of realism in their thinking. People now want good governance that can deliver a good and stable life for themselves rather than lofty ideas of taking care of thy neighbors.

By Henry Hing Lee Chan - 08 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

Italy and the Snowball of Populism

The result of the Italian referendum will have implications for the wave of anti-establishment populism that began with the Brexit vote earlier this year, and which will serve to accelerate the snowball effect of populism as Western Europe undertakes a series of major elections next year.

By Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim - 06 Dec 2016 | 1 comments Read more...

Asian Democracy

Many Asians do not accept that Western liberal democracy is the best form of democracy. This does not mean that they disparage the core ideas of democracy: sovereignty of the people; rule of law; guarantee of human rights; majority rule with guarantee of minority rights; checks and balances.

By Michael S. H. Heng - 02 Dec 2016 | 0 comments Read more...

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