Larry Diamond, co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, arguing that the region is better positioned than others to increase the number of liberal democracies. Read the full article, here.
A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during the Taiwan presidential and legislative elections in Xinbei city, northern Taiwan, January 14, 2012.
“If there is going to be a big new lift to global democratic prospects in this decade, the region from which it will emanate is most likely to be East Asia.”
