Articles / 18.11.2021
Campaigns without campaigning in Malacca
Subdued Malacca polls have the makings of a historic one...
Articles / 13.11.2021
Malacca polls: Leadership revivals and rivals
Malacca’s outcome could strengthen the old political guard...
Articles / 10.11.2021
Malacca polls: A voting retrospective
A review of voting patterns in Malacca and what they tell us about the state’s politics....
Articles / 08.11.2021
Status quo PAS muktamar?
The status quo politics of the party have less to do with the results, which point to internal differences, but the consistencies in how the party engages allies and holds onto an outdated conservative social policy agenda....
The exclusion of these voters erodes confidence in the EC which has not adequately met its administrative responsibilities and in its position reporting to the Prime Minister’s Office has given the impression of putting politics before the people...
Malaysia’s eighth prime minister has already described himself as merely a ‘footnote’ in history. With the nation’s shortest prime ministerial tenure of only 532 days, Muhyiddin Yassin’s seventeen months in office will be remembered chiefly for the Covid-19 pandemic, arguably one of Malaysia’s most traumatic experiences. Officially, nearly 14,000 people lost their...
Articles / 15.08.2021
Lessons for Malaysia’s next government
A new government is an opportunity to move Malaysia forward...
Articles / 01.08.2021
A Return for Umno?
Political analyst Bridget Welsh examines how Umno stands to gain from the ongoing tumult...
Malaysia is not alone in grappling with a debilitating pandemic. Yet what makes this crisis different is how it is playing out politically....
Articles / 10.07.2021
A Way Forward for Malaysia
No country’s been spared the ravages of Covid-19. But in Malaysia, the pandemic has coincided with political turmoil and arguably the greatest period of instability in the nation’s history. Political analyst BRIDGET WELSH explores these issues – and more importantly, what can be done to fix them....