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Malaysia

Dissonance in Malaysia-Japan relations

The dissonance between Abe and Najib is explained by the current status of their long dominant parties

Examining ISMA’s Nam Tien ideology

It is dangerous for Malay Muslims to look to 'immigrants' or the past to define themselves

Malaysia’s ETP: Of diagnosis and prescription

The problem with the ETP is not the diagnosis, but the prescription.

A response to UiTM’s seminar presenters

A Christian perspective of the Trinity.

Karpal Singh: Tiger and King

A view from the Ipoh main street on the Tiger of Jelutong.

The government still thinks it knows best

Can the Malaysian government implement the much needed economic reforms?

3R: race, religion and royalty in Malaysia

The curse or elixir of Malaysia politics?

On the death of Karpal Singh, MP

The Tiger of Jelutong is dead. Long live the Tiger of Jelutong.

Irene Fernandez: Speaking truth to power

Irene Fernandez recognised that our humanity is defined by the manner in which we relate to others especially by those whom society considers the least.

Anti-Malaysianism gone wild

Indonesia-Malaysia rivalry is very much like sibling rivalry, with the younger one always demanding attention.

Malaysia – a multigear, multiengine economy

The answer to how Malaysia is doing depends on who is being asked, and when.

Durian, teh tarik and memories

Malaysia means good times, some madness and sadness.

Daulat – an afterword

Clive Kessler's concluding analysis of daulat, monarchy and constitutionalism in modern Malaysia.

Political participation and pleasurable pain in Malaysia

If pleasurable pain can be said to be a critical political factor, then recent developments in Malaysia is to be welcomed.

Daulat – a quibble about words?

Daulat and kedaulatan each has its place, and each is to be honoured in its own place, and not to be inserted into that of the other.

Malaysia, Singapore (and Brunei) at the AAS

Malaysia and Singapore in action at the Association of Asian Studies Conference.

Daulat – the ancient and the modern

Is there something more to the position of the traditional Malay ruler than his modern constitutional position?

Democratisation by elections and protracted transition

Elections are the means for greater democratisation in Malaysia, yet it is leading to greater polarisation.

Daulat, kedaulatan, sovereignty and constitutionalism

Clive Kessler presents his original analysis of daulat, kedaulatan, sovereignty and modern constitutionalism in Malaysia.

Malaysia in 2014 – A perspective from Thailand

Insurgencies in southern Thailand complicates Malaysia-Thai relations.

Malaysia’s “Devarajas”

Clive Kessler revisits the origins of 'daulat' and 'devaraja' and how Malaysia's 'new royalists" are re-imposing these concepts.

Malaysia in 2014 – a perspective from Singapore

Malaysia and Singapore's ‘special relations’ are important but can never be taken for granted advises Bilveer Singh.

Reinventing “derhaka” in modern Malaysia

Malaysia's “new royalist” theorists reinvents "derhaka" in an attempt to rewrite the Malaysian constitution.

Trans*cending tribulations: Malaysian Mak Nyahs

Malaysian Mak Nyahs (male-to-female transexuals) continue to fight for the right to be themselves.