Reilly, Benjamin2015-12-081045-5736http://hdl.handle.net/1885/34297n this essay, Benjamin Reilly ponders the puzzling pattern of democracy's presence or absence across Southeast Asia. Indeed, the dearth of democracy in the region's richest countries (Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore), together with its strength in the pooSoutheast Asia: In The Shadow of China201310.1353/jod.2013.00132015-12-08