ASEAN%member%states%remain%diverse%in%
terms%of%their%poli;cal%characteris;cs%%
• Thailand%and%the%Philippines%are%s:ll%struggling%to%
consolidate%democracy.%%
• High%hopes%for%Myanmar's%transi:on%to%democracy%
have%given%way%to%concerns%about%stagna:on%and%
unfulfilled%promises.%%
• Malaysia%and%Singapore%con:nue%to%provide%successful%
examples%of%soS-authoritarianism.%%
• Vietnam%and%Laos%are%Socialist%states.%%
• Cambodia,%which%con:nues%to%exercise%one-man%rule,%
is%hardly%a%democracy.%%
• Brunei%Darussalam%is%a%sultanate.%%
• Only%Indonesia%could%be%considered%a%more%stable%
democracy%in%the%region.%