May 2019 - Abdillah Noh

Malaysia, One Year After

May 13, 2019 abdillah Leave a comment

This is an article I wrote for Critical Asian Studies. I sat down with Malaysia’s former foreign minister, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar to get his thoughts on Malaysia’s political development, a year after the country experienced a historic political change when a new coalition, the Pakatan Harapan, swept into

Political Change

May 2, 2019 abdillah Leave a comment

There is political change when a new leader or new leadership replaces current leadership or leaders. Change happens when a leader dies or hands over power to a new leader. In some other instances, political change takes place when a political party wins an election and form a new government.