Malaysians voted for change in this month’s election. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s new administration now needs to deliver.
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Malaysian voters tossed the corrupt Najib Razak out of office despite efforts by his party to sway the result. A former dictator is back in charge, about to free his onetime political foe from jail.
The bearded boar is rarely honoured, yet its role in the forest of this island in the Malay archipelago is as crucial as it is emblematic.
After 61 years, Malaysia has finally seen the opposition take control. What now?
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees assesses the refugee claims of millions of people worldwide. It needs to be more open about what it discovers and how it makes decisions.
It was more than a storm in a teacup when the judges of UK Masterchef displayed their ignorance about South-East Asian food.
The fake news label has been used by politicians to discredit unfavourable media stories. But even assuming good intentions, new laws are incapable of tackling the menace.
How the new criminal code bill will be harmful for Indonesian children in Sabah, Malaysia.
Malaysia’s audacious use of dirty politics and pre-electoral rigging to tilt the level playing field in its upcoming general elections is contributing to a global democratic crisis.
To save the orangutans we must both protect their forests and stop any hunting and killing within them.
Vast numbers of Rohingyas in the region are stateless, living in limbo. Therefore, the Rohingya repatriation deal, its terms, delay and successful implementation impacts upon the lives of millions.
With an election due by August, Malaysian politics has been spiced up – with a former prime minister re-entering the fray.
Indonesia announces it has outnumbered Thailand in terms of academic publication number. It’s good news but Indonesia needs to make the studies more relevant to get more citations.
Agriculture and the pulp and paper industries, forestry and mining also contribute.
China’s One Belt, One Road initiative is holding international summit in Beijing, but no Western leaders have said they are coming yet.
Objections from certain sectors of Malaysian society to the film neatly illustrates both the fear and lack of understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the country.
The House of Saud’s recent efforts to push back against Iran have not paid off. Time to lock in some more allies.
Using nerve agents is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention, but North Korea is not a party to it.
An adversarial international commission of inquiry, similar to one instituted to resolve a dispute between Britain and Russia in 1905, could break the deadlock over the downed flight.
Past studies point to traditional Confucian values and a refugee mentality as a reason for the business success of Chinese people living overseas, our research debunks this.
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Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania
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Research Associate, Transnational Organised Crime at Sea, University of Bristol
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Visiting Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Oklahoma State University
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Visiting Fellow, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Associate professor, The University of Queensland
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Provost, University of Warwick
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Professor of International Development, The University of Western Australia
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Indonesia Country Director dan Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Associate Professor, McMaster University
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Honorary Professor of Conservation, University of Kent
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PhD Student, Political Science, McMaster University
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Professor of Primate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University
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School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Reader in Anthropology, Brunel University of London