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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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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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Articles / 08.07.2020

Shattered dreams of reformasi?

To say this is failing to understand reformasi and underestimates the sentiments and political shifts taking place on the ground...

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Articles / 09.06.2020

Muhyiddin’s 100 Days

Areas where he has performed well and where he has fallen short....

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Articles / 19.05.2020

Malaysia’s ‘theatre state’ – more losers than winners

Some point symbolically to the masks the parliamentarians were wearing as silencing their voices....

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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....

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Articles / 24.04.2020

Muhyiddin is locked down, and the way out

Covid-19 provides an opportunity for new political arrangements....

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Articles / 07.03.2020

Dissolution: Bubar menjadi bubur?

How the parties will fare should Parliament be dissolved....

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Articles / 02.03.2020

Irony and opportunity in the power grab

The opposite of what most Malaysians voted for has happened....

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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 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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