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A Dangerous Result in Malaysia's Election
The Economist
Fair Elections Won't Fix Malaysia's Problems
John Lee, The Australian
The Sad State of Malaysia
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald
Malaysia's Unwise Hamas Dalliance
The Australian
Understanding the South China Sea Disputes
Indian Defence Review
AT FIRST sight, the general election in Malaysia on May 5th, the closest-fought since independence in 1957, looks encouraging. A lively campaign inspired a remarkable turnout of 85...(full article)
It is commonly said that elections in many of Southeast Asia's fledging democracies are sometimes free and other times fair, but never both. The refusal of Malaysian Opposition Lea...(full article)
Malaysia's decision to ban an Australian independent senator, Nick Xenophon, tells us a good deal about the state of its government, the world's longest-ruling outside the communis...(full article)
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has ill-served the cause of anti-terrorism in our region by going to Gaza for talks with Hamas leaders. He became the first non-Arab head of go...(full article)
The South China Sea is bounded by China in the North, the Philippines in the East, Vietnam in the West, Malaysia as also Brunei in the South East and Indonesia in the South West. T...(full article)
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