Revisit Two-Coalition System in Malaysia
Khoo Boo Teik
The recent jolts to Malaysia’s political landscape show that there is a strong basis for a return to a pluralistic and accountable two-coalition system.
Articles
Stock Market Fever in Vietnam
Nicolas Lainez|Trịnh Phan Khánh
Covid-19 pandemic or not, Vietnam is seeing a buoyant stock market, thanks to a retail investor boom and an easy monetary policy.
Are We Witnessing the Bankruptcy Proceedings of the Malay Agenda?
Ooi Kee Beng
After a series of power grabs, there are few ideological differences among the country’s political parties and groupings in power. If UMNO as a phenomenon has run out of gas, its raison d’etre — Malay supremacy — needs some reconsideration.
Policymakers' View
Malaysia’s Higher Education Sector: Time to Soar to a Higher Plane
Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin
The pandemic presents a plum opportunity for extensive reforms in Malaysia’s higher education sector.
Malaysia’s Covid-19 Response: Pressed to Be (in the) Present
Lee Hwok-Aun|Kevin Zhang
Pressed by short-term exigencies caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysia is planning to raise Malaysia’s debt ceiling to 65 per cent of GDP. Another round of stimulus package might be on the cards.
ASEAN’s Covid-19 Recovery Measures: Missing Opportunities for a Green Future
Melinda Martinus|Sharon Seah
As of 28 May 2021, ASEAN countries had authorised a total of US$ 730 billion, equivalent to 7.8% of ASEAN’s total GDP, in stimulus dollars. But few ASEAN countries have prioritised green components to their Covid-19 stimulus packages.
Reopening Malaysia’s Parliament: Not a Panacea
Norshahril Saat
The Malaysian government’s decision to reconvene Parliament has been welcomed. But this in itself will not resolve the list of problems facing the country in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Complex Calculations: Vietnamese EB-5 Investments in the United States
Ivan V. Small
Many wealthy Vietnamese are making use of America’s EB-5 investment visa programme as a pathway to a green card and, eventually, a US passport. But there are many other reasons why they would consider settling Stateside.
A Tale of Two Vaccines in Vietnam
Hoang Thi Ha
The public reactions to the arrivals of Covid-19 vaccines to Vietnam – one from China, the other from the United States – underscore a geopolitical dilemma for the country.
Malaysia’s Latest Political Fisticuffs – Muhyiddin or Zahid on the Ropes?
Francis E. Hutchinson
In the past week, the Malaysian prime minister had to absorb a couple of political blows. But his coalition is not in any immediate danger — yet.