Ethnic Minorities Peninsular Malaysia Orang Asli land rights: A new deal for new Malaysia? December 20, 2019 0 Image credit: '"Portrait of Orang Asli Children" by NTLam/flickr; License: CC BY 2.0 Written by Yogeswaran Subramaniam. As many Malaysians question whether the unprecedented change in federal…
Asia The long read: Host communities and refugees in Southeast Asia: A workshop report December 19, 2019 0 Image Credit: Hue 1972 by manhai/ Flickr ; Licence: 2.0 Generic (CC By 2.0) Written by Itty Abraham. In May 2019 a workshop was convened at…
Judiciary A constitutional court for Malaysia: A misconceived legal transplant? November 25, 2019 0 Image Credit: “Sultan Abdul Samad Building” by Richard Pluck/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Andrew Harding There has been much talk in Malaysia recently…
Identity politics Setting the stage for race baiting in Malaysia October 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: Mahathir Mohamad face.jpg by Tasnim News Agency; License CC BY 4.0 Written by James Chin. On 20 September 2019 I wrote about the significance…
Asia-Pacific Can China exert ‘smart power’ in Southeast Asia through the BRI? January 28, 2019 0 Chun-Yi Lee The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was initiated by President Xi Jinping in 2013, took further shape in March 2015. It is…
BRI Interdisciplinary Approaches to the BRI January 28, 2019 0 The University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute is proud to present a series of research based articles written by academic experts based on all three…
Africa Set-back or ‘settling down’: New governments and Chinese deals September 24, 2018 0 Written by Eram Ashraf. Much has been said and written about China’s overseas investment projects in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China Pakistan…
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…
Malaysia Malaysia’s Pursuit of Sustainable Design September 14, 2018 0 Written by Novita Sakundarini and Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazila Manufacturing industries play a vital role in strengthening economic growth in many nations, including Malaysia. Manufacturing…
ASEAN Mahathir’s Views on International Relations and China: Implications for Malaysia-China Relations August 3, 2018 0 Written by Ngeow Chow Bing. After the historic election in May 2018, some pundits predicted that the newly elected Pakatan Harapan coalition government of Malaysia,…