The end of the NPA's insurgency isn't guaranteed despite what officials say.
Ways of seeing a ‘moderate Muslim nation’
As long as the global attitude towards religious issues doesn't change, and Malaysians themselves mostly stay silent on these issues, the temptation will always be to smother dissent in the ‘invisibility cloak of religion’.
Notes from the campaign: Lembah Pantai
Street theatre and the wayang of politics merge one warm night in an urban battle about corruption big and small.
Gangsta to the roots: Gangsta or civil society?
Sophie Lemiere argues that "gangsters" are now embedded into Malaysia's political system.
Gangsta to the roots: Gangsta beyond stereotypes
In Part 3, Sophie Lemiere analyses the organisational structure of Pekida.
Gangsta to the roots: Gangsta through the years
In Part 2, Sophie Lemiere traces the history of Pekida.
Gangsta to the roots: A Gangsta’s paradise
Sophie Lemiere explores the nexus between UMNO and gangsterism in this four part article.
Bringing Malaysia back to the “middle”
Moderate Malaysians should band together to save Malaysia from the extremists.
MyKuasa
MyKuasa is a project to change voting attitudes in Malaysia, beginning with the states of Perak and Selangor. This is its first report.
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.
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’s “Devarajas”
Clive Kessler revisits the origins of 'daulat' and 'devaraja' and how Malaysia's 'new royalists" are re-imposing these concepts.
Reinventing “derhaka” in modern Malaysia
Malaysia's “new royalist” theorists reinvents "derhaka" in an attempt to rewrite the Malaysian constitution.
Non-government actors advancing democracy in Malaysia
Danielle May argues the closeness of the 2013 election indicates an underlying shift in political attitudes
Who divides Malaysia?
The condemnation of UMNO is increasingly becoming mainstream. Does this signal a change of what the international community thinks of UMNO?
Hate speech and free speech in Malaysia
Hate speech is unacceptable and should not be part of free speech, and should be restricted in Malaysia, argues Dr. Mohd Azizuddin.
Tongue wagging and not machete wielding
What and/or who really is/are the source of all conflicts in Malaysia? What are the main factors fueling conflicts in Malaysia?
Haris Ibrahim denied visa by Australia
Why did the Abbott government deny a Malaysian civil society activist a visa to travel to Australia?