The Philippines and Indonesia are two of the most populous countries in the world, and both achieved democracy in the late 1990s. Though their paths to democracy were different, both countries have been successful in maintaining their democracies.
The Philippines was a colony of Spain for centuries, and it became a republic in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. However, the country was soon occupied by the United States, and it remained a colony until 1946. After World War II, the …