meaningless shams or engines of democratization. Comparison of the experiences of South Korea and Taiwan can offer insight into …

What effect does the international security environment have on democratization? This paper argues that for militaries … in power, sustained external threats facilitate democratization by credibly assuring the armed forces of continued … political crises over democratization, 2) the degree of the regime’s flexibility towards the opposition, 3) the level of …

democratization legacies that dominated much of South Korea’s modern history …