“Democracy and Dictatorship Revisited Dataset” which categorizes states as “democratic,” “democratic with no alternation” (regimes that have remained in power since national inde-pendence or formation), and “undemocratic.” The poll shows that Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines are democratic governments; Malaysia and Singapore fell into the “democratic with no alternation” category; and Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam are “undemocratic.”23