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Articles / 09.09.2020

Sabah’s new seats: A reassessment

There is a tendency is to project GE14 voting patterns on the future Sabah polls, and this needs to be reassessed...

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Video / 02.09.2020

Prime Minister Slayer? Mahathir’s Last Fight

Why is Dr Mahathir so obsessed with the desire to bring down the country's Prime Ministers? Will he be able to regain the trust of Malaysian voters and become Prime Minister for the third time?...

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Articles / 18.08.2020

Malaysia’s Political Polarization: Race, Religion, and Reform

Polarization over race, religion, and reform has afflicted Malaysia for decades and powerfully shaped its electoral politics. ...

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Articles / 16.08.2020

Strained partnerships affect Slim chances of both coalitions

A closer look suggests that there is more going on than meets the eye...

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Articles / 08.08.2020

The Sabah Political Crisis: What It Means For Pakatan, Perikatan – And Malaysia

The past week has seen Sabah plunged into a political crisis. Here's how this imbroglio affects all of us....

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Video / 28.07.2020

Has justice been done in the 1MDB scandal?

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak was found guilty of all seven charges and sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption charges related to the 1MDB scandal. Could this be a step towards rooting out corruption in Malaysia?...

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Articles / 27.07.2020

1MDB court case: Shaping a Malay leadership battle

Tomorrow, the court will decide whether Najib will remain Muhyiddin’s most potent rival....

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Video / 24.07.2020

Consider This: Singapore – Pandemic Polls, Double-Edged Sword?

Singapore's GE results saw a decline in the popular vote for PAP. Are there lessons frm these pandemics polls fr Malaysia?...

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Articles / 14.07.2020

Singapore’s PAP’s self-inflicted election losses

The numerical majority in actuality suggests a rather humiliating defeat, especially in a ‘crisis’ election called early amid the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Articles / 30.06.2020

Singapore’s ‘Not Normal’ Election

Singapore’s 2020 election is different—to paraphrase the words of PM Lee Hsien Loong’s label—it is ‘not normal’....

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Bridget Welsh
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Bridget Welsh is currently Honorary Research Associate with the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Malaysia (UoNARI-M) based in Kuala Lumpur. She is also a Senior Research Associate of the Hu Feng Center for East Asia Democratic Studies of National Taiwan University and a Senior Associate Fellow of The Habibie Center. She specializes in Southeast Asian politics, with a focus on Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia. She is committed to fostering engagement, mutual understanding and empowerment.

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