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Mohd Faizal Musa
Anwar Ibrahim’s opponents are trying to politicise his recent trip to Mecca but it is not a foregone conclusion that Anwar, and by extension Malaysia, was snubbed.
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Khairy Jamaluddin
In the run-up to elections in six states, Malaysia’s Prime Minister is seeking to improve his coalition’s electability among Malay voters. The crux of the issue is less about a ‘green wave’ sweeping across the country than a wider discontent over the lack of economic direction.
2023 Top 10
Khairy Jamaluddin
Anwar Ibrahim has managed to even the keel of Malaysia’s new coalition government in its first 100 days. But his fragile coalition government faces sterner tests on the horizon.
Termsak Chalermpalanupap
Thailand’s Pheu Thai-led coalition government is struggling to amend the Constitution of 2017, or to draft a new replacement for it. Not much progress can be made on that front, however, unless and until the Move Forward Party provides support.
William Choong
Fulcrum is ending a busy year on a high. Our team will be taking a publishing pause between Christmas Day and the New Year. The Fulcrum team wants to thank all our readers for your steady support this year.
Joanne Lin
Joanne Lin looks at Laos’ priorities as ASEAN Chair next year and examines the challenges that the country will face.
Vinod Thomas
Southeast Asia needs to take a two-track approach to attain the target of halving carbon emissions.
Syaza Shukri
Perikatan Nasional’s growing popularity among Malaysian Malay voters portends a potential path towards increasing polarisation in society if the sitting government does not do more to engage with right-wing rhetoric and convince all Malaysians to respect diversity.
Surachanee Sriyai
End-to-end messaging apps in Thailand present a dilemma to policymakers. The use of encryption raises the level of security but at the same time exposes users to information maladies.
William Choong|Joanne Lin
With five decades of cooperation with ASEAN under its belt, Japan has the chance to now play a stronger role as balancer instead of passive price-taker in a region awash with anxiety over great power rivalry.