Thomas Pepinsky

A bevy of smooth coated otters swim towards the city skyline at Marina Bay on November 17, 2021 in Singapore. Wild otters are making a comeback to the urban city state with the increasing numbers of the sea animals sparking concerns about overpopulation. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/NurPhoto)

Biden’s Summit for Democracy should focus on rights, not economics and geopolitics

Thomas Pepinsky

Monday, November 22, 2021

People walk past a poster showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Chinese leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao on the Potala Palace Square during a government-organised media tour to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China June 1, 2021. Picture taken June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Martin Pollard

The clash of systems? Washington should avoid ideological competition with Beijing

Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss

Foreign Affairs Friday, June 11, 2021

Municipality workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to burry the coffin of a coronavirus victim at a burial area provided by the government for the victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the outbreak continues, in Bogor, Indonesia, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

COVID-19 and democracy in Indonesia: Short-term stability and long-term threats

Thomas Pepinsky

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Hanoi, Vietnam.- In the photos taken on December 28, 2020, the Academy of Military Medicine (AMM) carried out the experimental injection of the Nano Covax vaccine against Covid-19 to the volunteers of the group corresponding to the dose of 50 micrograms (mcg). Of the 20 volunteers in the 25 mcg dose group, they remained stable, without the presence of side effects. The first phase of the trial is expected to finish in a month and a half.

What state-party relations mean for COVID-19 management in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

Thursday, January 7, 2021

VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH THE BOULIMICPortrait of the metropolis Ho Chi Minh City which is experiencing an exponential economic boom.VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH LA BOULIMIQUEPortrait de la métropole Ho-Chi-Minh Ville qui vit un boom économique exponentiel.NO USE FRANCE

Decoupling governance and democracy: The challenge of authoritarian development in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

July 2020

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin react after a quick count result during the Indonesian elections in Jakarta, Indonesia April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC19421D72E0

In Indonesia, Jokowi’s victory reveals shifting voting patterns

Thomas Pepinsky

Thursday, April 18, 2019

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station, where Indonesian presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his wife Iriana, will cast their vote later in Jakarta July 9, 2014. Indonesians voted in a presidential election on Wednesday that has become a closely fought contest between the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule and a new breed of politician that has emerged in the fledgling democracy.Only the third direct election for a president in the world's fourth-most populous state, the contest pits former special forces general Prabowo Subianto against Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who have been running neck-and-neck in opinion polls. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (INDONESIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - GM1EA79192401

Indonesia’s upcoming elections, explained

Thomas Pepinsky

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A large Indonesian flag is carried over the crowd at a rally calling for national unity and tolerance in central Jakarta, Indonesia December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside - RC127395AEE0

Indonesia, an unlikely democracy

Jonathan Stromseth, Thomas Pepinsky, and Fred Dews

Friday, March 15, 2019