Najib’s dilemma over selection of candidates

Given the low apparent turnover of incumbents, Najib appears terribly afraid that infighting in his party.

The ups and downs of Islamic education in Malaysia

Azmel Tayeb discusses the developments of Islamic education in Malaysia and its political implications.

What are the prospects for greater press freedom in Malaysia?

The press too needs more freedom to operate. But for this to happen, more support is needed not just from press freedom activists but from a broader spectrum of society, says Ross Tapsell.

Malaysia’s dilemma: Can it reform and discriminate?

Mahathir is at his best again. The man who made Malaysia part of the “East Asia Miracle” with a massive inflow of foreign direct investment doesn’t think much of it today. Mahathir’s thinking is at odds with government policy. Mahathir, is once again putting the blame of his mistakes on others. Nevertheless, it gets to the heart of a debate over the future of the former emerging market star now in danger of becoming an also-ran, stuck in the dreaded “middle income trap” and plagued by racial divide.

Tengku Razaleigh – Power is duty, not a prize

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UMNO’s last gentleman, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, resuming his discourses on the state of the nation and how it got the way it is now, said the big difference between the Merdeka set of leaders and their successors was the “generational responsibility” that marked the former.

Doctor in the House – a review by Tom Plate

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Author: Tom Plate Mahathir Mohamad is one of the giants of Asia in large measure because South-east Asia itself is well on its way to becoming a giant player in the 21st century. And that wouldn’t be happening quite as noticeably had multi-cultural but mainly Muslim Malaysia remained the backwater it was in 1981. This …

Dr M memoirs: Between fact and fiction

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Like a long political speech, Mahathir’s book contains almost no supporting evidence, not even self-serving official reports, despite any number of loose assertions that require substantiation. The text is also peppered with factual errors and contradictions.

A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir

Mahathir’s long-awaited autobiography is more about the political than the personal.

Malaysia – What’s in a name?

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Mahathir Mohamed, a pathological liar? Clive S. Kessler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia demonstrates what most people know about Mahathir’s penchant for telling tall tales.

“Dr. M: Operation Malaysia”, closer to cosmetic surgery.

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Gush and glibness spread through Tom Plate’s ‘Doctor M: Operation Malaysia – Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad’ like irksome background noise. And rather than show us the former prime minister of Malaysia for what he is, Plate tells us how to picture him.