Governance Studies Ops

ASEAN integration can keep region above US–China fray

Many features of the US–Soviet cold war are present in contemporary US–China relations: ideological competition, struggles over the control of natural resources...

International Analysis: The Molotov Cocktail of Race and Religion in Malaysia

Last week, the highest court in Malaysia ruled that the Catholic Church cannot use the word “Allah” in its publication The Herald. The government argued...

One year later- UMNO holding all the cards

The country simply cannot progress when the main political discourse is political fascism and the country is drifting economically…

The Rising Dragon: Opportunity or fear?

This month marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the People’s Republic of China and the Federation of Malaysia...

Domestic Faultlines in Southeast Asia

Asian may look like a homogeneous body to the outside world...

Obama-mania

Obama-mania Coming! The visit could not come at a more symbolic time...

My Say: The new normal will be more complicated than we think

Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

my Say: Economics understood as soft power makes more and more sense

Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

MySay: Pandemic or not, there is no such thing as ‘de-globalisation’

Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

My Say: Nationhood is born of inclusiveness in politics and integrative dynamics in economics

Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

Malaysia is rehabilitating Najib after 1MDB scandal

Prof. James Chin weighs in on the current Malaysian political transition.