Month: May 2019

PoliticsPublic PolicySoutheast Asia
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Malaysia, One Year After

Posted byabdillah

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 power. In the interview, Syed…

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Political Change

Posted byabdillah

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. Internal and external forces can…