Joint discussion about Voting in a Time of Change: Singapore’s 2020 General Election with editors Kevin Tan and Terence Lee, and contributors Bridget Welsh, Lam Peng Er, and Elvin Ong
By what yardstick can one assess the Perikatan Nasional govt after a year ? Would it be that it remains in power?
How has the US Capitol attack event been understood within five different Southeast Asian countries with variable levels of democracy: Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines?
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest and is charged with possessing illegal walkie talkies which has led to countrywide protests
One year after, Malaysia is still struggling to move forward. The backroom deals made public from the Sheraton Hotel epitomise the problems of the country’s elite politics
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.
