East Asia Institute organized and hosted the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) Second Workshop in Seoul on November 11, 2015. During the workshop, ADRN representatives discussed specific action plans to strengthen the network, identity and mission of the ADRN, membership, and future research projects for the year 2016.

ADRN was launched in 2013 under the EAI’s leadership in order to analyze challenges against democracy in Asia and collaborate on pragmatic research projects that can contribute to democracy promotion and consolidation in the region. Democracy-related research think tanks from ten Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Malaysia, are currently participating in this network. EAI is serving as a secretariat of the ADRN.

India

Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

Indonesia

Tobias Basuki, Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Mongolia

Damba Ganbat, Board Member, Political Education Academy of Mongolia

South Korea

Sook-Jong Lee, President, EAI

Taiwan

Wen-chin Wu, Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica and Asian Barometer

Thailand

Thawilwadee Bureekul, Director, King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI)

United States

Christopher Walker, Executive Director, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Melissa Aten, Senior Research and Conferences Officer, International Forum for Democratic Studies

Coordinator

HyeeJung Suh, Research Fellow, EAI