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Pakatan Harapan
November 19, 2019
What Lies Ahead for Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan Government After a Big Election Loss?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The loss in the Tanjung Piai by-election is less important than how the government responds to this wake-up call.
November 13, 2019
Joint Military Exercise Puts Malaysia Defense Policy into Focus
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The recent engagement highlighted some of the ongoing activity underway with respect to the Southeast Asian state’s defense policy.
October 15, 2019
Meredith Weiss on Politics in a New Malaysia
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A conversation on the state of Malaysia’s politics under the Pakatan Harapan government.
October 07, 2019
Malaysia Fines 80 Entities for Alleged 1MDB Payments
By Associated Press
The country’s anti-graft agency has ordered 80 people and groups to pay fines totaling about $100 million.
October 02, 2019
What Does Malaysia’s New Foreign Policy Framework Mean for Pakatan Harapan’s Approach to the World?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at what a significant new document means for the country’s foreign policy in the coming months and years.
September 21, 2019
US-Malaysia Counterterrorism Cooperation in the Spotlight with Home Minister Visit
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The trip highlighted the collaboration between the two countries in this realm amid wider challenges for ties.
August 27, 2019
What’s in the Malaysia Palm Oil Defense Countertrade Chatter?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The country’s defense minister has once again suggested the idea as an option in its defense policy.
July 23, 2019
What’s Behind Malaysia’s New South China Sea Missile Launches?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the significance of a recent development within the Southeast Asian state’s approach.
July 09, 2019
Shankaran Nambiar on the State of New Malaysia’s Economy
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A conversation on the state of Malaysia’s economy under its new government, and the implications for domestic and foreign policy.
June 26, 2019
Will Malaysia End Its Archaic Suicide Law?
By Preeti Jha
The repeal of a colonial-era law could help to destigmatize mental illness.
June 13, 2019
Scandal Rocks New Malaysia
By Erin Cook
A sex scandal that erupted this week is just the latest issue that has confronted the new government.
June 04, 2019
Will Refugees Be Allowed to Work in New Malaysia?
By Saqib Sheikh
Over a year after the election of Pakatan Harapan, refugees in Malaysia have heard positive signals but seen little change.