The international relations of Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s were deeply influenced by a complex interaction between three fundamental forces: nationalism, the process of the decolonization and the advent of the Cold War . The main outcome of this was the achievement of only limited national and regional autonomy by the Southeast Asian states. Nationalism had spurred a search for self-reliance and autonomy. However the weakness of the nation-state, and intraregional divisions caused by both
skeletal and have no teeth; no real power and are merely controlled by the powers that be. Both North Korea and Myanmmar have set up institutions in the effort to shroud their corruption. The concept of Competitive Authoritarianism is weaved into the concept of Electoral Authoritarianism. In reference Steven Livitsky’s and Lucan Way’s research a major area of democratic contestation is the Electoral one. They explain that “Electoral competition is eliminated either de jure…or de facto”. With control