Rexy Prakash Chacko
Multiple landslides and flash flooding on Penang Island have ignited a fiery debate about the state's development trajectory and the tremendous pressure it places on the environment.
Research
Gregory Ng Yong He
Marketed as picturesque, up-market “heritage” experiences, Singapore’s colonial-style restaurants—whether knowingly or unknowingly—end up enforcing a racial hierarchy inherited from the British colonial era and maintained by Singapore’s ruling elite.
Mina Roces, Gica Tam
As transnational feminists, Filipino Catholic nuns move constantly between the local and the international, becoming in the process effective activists. A peripatetic lifestyle gives them multiple perspectives and the credentials to speak for/about the Filipina post-colonial condition.
Vila Somiah, Rosmaini Sunarjo, Ellena Ekarahendy, Adriana Manan
Sekitar tahun 1960an sehingga 1980an, maksud perkataan pendatang dalam Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia bertukar daripada ‘migran’ yang bernada neutral kepada sinonim dengan perkataan bahaya dan tidak boleh dipercayai: orang luar politik yang membanjiri negara dan mencabar identiti kebangsaan dan keselamatan. Bagaimana perubahan ini terjadi?
Vila Somiah, Rosmaini Sunarjo, Ellena Ekarahendy
Between the 1960s and 1980s, the meaning of "pendatang" in Bahasa Malaysia shifted from a neutral "migrant" to become synonymous with danger and treachery: a political outsider whose influx in large numbers challenges national identity and security. How did this happen?
Hai Fan
A visit to the historic site of Suara Revolusi Malaya (Voice of Malayan Revolution) radio station, by a former member of the Malayan People's Army, brings back nostalgic memories of another era. Includes audio clips.
Mohan Dutta
Singapore’s “fake news” bill is based upon dubious assumptions which are not supported by the science of media effects studies. Instead, research shows it is the absence of democracy that creates an environment where disinformation acts oppressively.
Su Lyn Koay, Caleb Goh Hern-Ee
A study of the concept of "Malaya" as constructed through film, from the early 20th century to the post-independence period, by both Western and local filmmakers.
Thum Ping Tjin, Kirsten Han
The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill—meant to tackle "fake news" in Singapore—has received criticism from local civil society, international rights groups, and tech companies. But what's in the Bill, and what are the concerns?
Free
James Rowlins
Lee Kuan Yew, as Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-90), took stringent measures to curtail freedom of expression in the city-state. Four years after his death, it’s time to take a look at whether there’s been any relaxation of state control over the media and change in its attitudes towards free speech.
Qasim Rashid
Di antara populasi 260 juta penduduk Indonesia, 400.000 orang diantaranya merupakan penganut Islam Ahmadiyah. Tulisan ini berupaya memberikan penjelasan singkat atas pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut, berdasarkan sudut pandang seorang Muslim Ahmadi.
Free
Qasim Rashid
There are 400,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims in Indonesia, among a population of 260 million people. What is the history of the Ahmadi believers in Indonesia? What are their differences with Sunni Muslims? And how have they been affected by religious repression in recent times? This article provides a brief introduction to these questions, from an Ahmadi perspective.
Free
Michael Barr
From its early years as an independent republic, Singapore has been closely aligned with the United States. While it has served Singapore well in the international trade environment of the past decades, will it survive the challenges of a shifting world?
Ooi Kok Hin, Clarence Kuna
Konsosiasionalisme—pemerintahan dalam masyarakat majmuk, di mana ia terdiri dari pakatan golongan elit dari kumpulan kaum masing-masing—merupakan kedudukan politik Malaysia yang berpengaruh selama lebih dari 60 tahun. Kekalahan Barisan Nasional menandakan penamatan era konsosiasionalisme. Apa yang terjadi? Adakah kerajaan Pakatan Harapan satu bentuk kerajaan yang berkongsi kuasa ataupun adakah ia satu lagi demokrasi konsosiasionalisme?
Ooi Kok Hin, Clarence Kuna
Ini merupakan rencana susulan kepada rencana yang memaparkan keberakhiran konsosiasionalisme—pemerintahan dalam masyarakat majmuk, di mana ia terdiri dari pakatan golongan elit dari kumpulan kaum masing-masing—Barisan Nasional, di mana konteks sejarah dan asas konsosiasionalism sehinggalah kepada detik-detik mencabar semasa perjuangan untuk kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu dijejak dengan mendalam, sambil itu mengkaji bagaimana ia bertahan ketika era 1950an dan 1960an yang penuh dengan cubaan.
Ooi Kok Hin
Consociationalism—the rule, in a plural society, by an alliance of elites from respective ethnic groups—has been Malaysia’s dominant political arrangement for over 60 years. The defeat of Barisan Nasional spells the end of consociationalism. What happened? And is the Pakatan Harapan government a new form of power-sharing or merely another form of consociational democracy?
Ooi Kok Hin
This is an accompanying article to the feature article on the end of Barisan Nasional’s consociationalism - the rule, in a plural society, by an alliance of elites from respective ethnic groups - and traces in length the historical context and the foundation of consociationalism to the days of the struggle for Malayan independence, and examines how it survived the trials of the 1950s and 1960s.
Godofredo Ramizo Jr.
As ride-hailing apps spread in Southeast Asia, conflict and violence arise from the collision between drivers for these apps and drivers for conventional transport such as taxis. A close look at how conventional drivers justify their opposition to ride-hailing apps offers clues on appropriate government response.
David Hutt
How did Thailand’s newspaper public sphere go from an arena with critical reporting, where even the King engaged in public debate, to where it is now: heavily censored, with journalists fearful of reporting even on trivial matters?
Aidila Razak
Perbincangan berkenaan ketidaksamarataan di Malaysia selalu berkait dengan kaum etnik, tetapi faktor geografi, sejarah, kelas masyarakat, dan dasar kerajaan juga memainkan peranan penting dalam masa hadapan seorang bayi lelaki yang lahir di negara ini.
