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...
With Emergency Rule, limited parliament sessions and weak legitimacy, Covid-19 is seen as undermining democracy in Malaysia. In this seminar Dr Welsh argues that there are also opposite trends. While acknowledging the contraction of democratic space and adoption of more authoritarian practices, Welsh argues that Covid-19 is leaving a profound...
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....
Articles / 04.07.2021
Malaysians rise up
Rather than feel powerless in Covid-19, Malaysians are responding and are taking power into their own hands...
Articles / 29.06.2021
Band-aid relief without recovery?
The new Pemulih package seems to be more of the same without a concerted effort to plan ahead...
As the public health crisis deepens & the Emergency nears its end what options are available to political leaders? ...
Articles / 11.06.2021
Political season, June 2021
What happens (or does not happen) over the next few weeks will determine who will helm Malaysia...
Video / 02.02.2021
Resilience in International Development
Discussion on how the resilience of systems and communities can be increased in order to take on the world’s inter-connected economic, climate, public health, and social crises in the development field...