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’....
Articles / 21.06.2020
‘Old normal’ returns to Chini?
While considered a sure-win for PN, focus will be on support for Najib, Umno and Muafakat Nasional....
Articles, News & Commentary / 13.06.2020
Harapan’s last dance?
Opposition to a Mahathir return is strong, and there are doubts about Anwar’s leadership....
Articles / 09.06.2020
Muhyiddin’s 100 Days
Areas where he has performed well and where he has fallen short....
Articles / 01.06.2020
Bersatu, Berdua, Berkosong?
When the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, or Bersatu, was set up in September 2016, both Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin were on the same side – both rejecting Umno and the kleptocracy of the Najib Razak government. Last week, after one leader instructed his ally to sack the other...
Articles / 23.05.2020
Restoring Harapan?
Within a year, Umno was able to turn around its devastating defeat of May 2018 and reengage its political base, tapping into its resource and machinery advantages. Within less than another year, it was able to return to power in a new coalition. ...
Some point symbolically to the masks the parliamentarians were wearing as silencing their voices....
The new Asia Barometer Survey finds greater tolerance of diversity but also growing political division and disenchantment with democracy since the last survey in 2015....
Articles / 09.05.2020
Malaysia’s slick politics of oil
Putrajaya is facing a twin problem – plunge in oil prices and the demand for oil royalties from states....
Articles / 24.04.2020
Muhyiddin is locked down, and the way out
Covid-19 provides an opportunity for new political arrangements....