Business Party finances and money politics in Southeast Asia July 29, 2019 0 Written by Wolfgang Sachsenröder. Image Credit: ฮุนเซนเลือกตั้ง 29 ก.ค. 61, by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Problems with party funding are universal. Political activities – especially election campaigns –…
Culture and Society Neo-traditionalist Islam in Malaysia: Neither Salafi nor traditionalist May 8, 2019 0 Written by Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid. At times, labels can be annoying. Yet for political analysts they serve the useful purpose of typifying individuals and…
Activism Are social media destroying democracy in Southeast Asia? March 14, 2019 0 Written by Ross Tapsell. Recent literature has argued that social media use encourages authoritarianism. Ronald J. Deibert’s January 2019 article in Journal of Democracy argues…
Education Transformations in Malaysia’s higher education landscape September 20, 2018 0 Written by Martha Puebla On 2-4 May the British Council organized its annual conference Going Global 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This conference was an…
China Malaysia-China relations: Wayang Kulit and the Rising Dragon August 2, 2018 0 Written by James Chin. Since the election of Mahathir Mohammad on 9th May, the media is full of ‘bad news’ when it comes to China-Malaysia…
ASEAN Malaysia’s ‘cautious rebalancing’ approach towards China July 31, 2018 1 Written by Evelyn S. Devadason. Malaysia has a long history of balancing the opportunities derived through economic links with China, with the non-interference of China…
ASEAN Sino-Malaysian Relations: A Brand-New Engagement in a New Era July 31, 2018 1 Written by Chan Xin Ying. In July 2018, the leader of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) of Malaysia, Mr. Daim Zainuiddin paid a visit…
Malaysia New democracy in today’s Malaysia June 12, 2018 0 Written by William Case. The refrain among many Malaysia watchers of my generation was the same: they never thought they’d live to see the day.…
Malaysia Malaysia election: Danse Macabre for racism? May 9, 2018 0 Written by R. Jeyathurai Backus. May 9th will see millions of Malaysians expressing their democratic right to elect a new government. While this process may seem…
Burma/Myanmar Malaysia’s election: Game changer in the South China Sea? May 7, 2018 0 Written by Adam Yusoff. As Malaysians prepare to vote in the general elections on 9 May 2018, how the rival coalition parties, Barisan Nasional (BN)…