Events

Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia

Malaysian Universities Must Change

The education industry is one of the world’s oldest industries and has played its role in advancing civilization and the general well-being of human society...

9th Foundation of Islamic Finance Conference (FIFC 2017)

The Ninth Foundation of the Islamic Finance Conference (FIFC) is hosted by Lancaster University Management School...
Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development

Private Sector Forum

18 September, 2017. New York, USA.

Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia

The Many Shades of Islamism and Islamists in Malaysia

Islamism, referring to a political ideology that valorizes the erection of an Islamic state as the ultimate goal of the Islamic struggle...
Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia

The Malaysian Federation: Views From East Malaysia

The Malaysia Agreement, and the process of establishing the Malaysian Federation in 1963...

Mending Broken Hearts

It has been 50 years since the first human heart transplant was performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Professor John Wallwork who performed the world’s first heart-lung and liver transplant with Professor Sir Roy…

Mending Broken Hearts

It has been 50 years since the first human heart transplant was performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Professor John Wallwork who performed the world’s first heart-lung and liver transplant with Professor Sir Roy…

Powerful Questions: The DNA Of Creativity And Innovation

Some questions are more powerful than others. Powerful questions engage a person’s mind, create energy and take the conversation to a new perspective, towards creative possibilities and innovative solutions.

One Belt, One Road: An Explanation

In the past several years, China has made bold and innovative moves, such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and development of a multitude of intercontinental transportation and…
Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia

Materially Poor, Morally Rich: The Orang Asli, Malaysia’s First Peoples

The Orang Asli are typically perceived to be ‘backward’ or ‘primitive’...
Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia

Transformation of Malaysian University Models for Sustainability

Over the last 20 years, since the establishment of Malaysia’s first private university...

Social Impact Investing: Fighting Poverty through Enterprise

Over the last decade a new breed of venture capitalism has emerged: social impact investors who invest in sustainable and scalable enterprises among the poor.