Op Eds

Dr Malcolm Cook, ISEAS Senior Fellow, contributed an Op-Ed to Lowy Interpreter: “Mugabe in Tokyo: The warping of Japanese foreign policy”

 

The Op-Ed which was published online by Lowy Interpreter on March 30, 2016 can be viewed here.

Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Deputy Director, ISEAS contributed an Op-Ed in The Edge Malaysia Weekly: “My Say: We are all victims of history’s rapid changes”

 

The article which first appeared in the print edition under Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on March 28 – April 3, 2016 can be viewed here.

Dr Tang Siew Mun, ISEAS Senior Fellow, contributed an Op-Ed to TODAY: “Why Malaysia is adopting a tougher South China Sea stance”

 

The article which first appeared in the online edition of TODAY on March 21, 2016 can be viewed here.

Dr Ian Storey, ISEAS Senior Fellow, wrote an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal: “A Chance to Restart U.S.-Thai Relations”

 

The article which first appeared in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal on March 21, 2016 can be viewed here.

Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap and Dr Tang Siew Mun wrote an Op-Ed in TODAY: “The spirit of ASEAN’s founding father lives on”

 

Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Fellow and Lead Research, ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and Dr Tang Siew Mun, Head of ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS wrote an Op-Ed titled “The spirit of ASEAN’s founding father lives on”.

The article which first appeared in the print edition of TODAY on March 11, 2016, can be viewed here.

Dr Malcolm Cook contributed an Op-Ed to Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania: “Three Misunderstandings of China-ASEAN Economic Relations”

 

Dr Malcolm Cook, Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute contributed an Op-Ed: “Three Misunderstandings of China-ASEAN Economic Relations” which was published in Knowledge@Wharton, an online business journal by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The article which first appeared in the print edition of Knowledge@Wharton publication on March 10, 2016, can be viewed here.

Op-Ed: “Previous UMNO splits show Najib can stay on” – ISEAS Research Fellow Norshahril Saat

 

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute research fellow, Norshahril Saat, opines that previous UMNO splits show Mr Najib can stay on. He added that early signs show that appeasing Dr Mahathir is the step UMNO’s leaders will be taking. However, according to Dr Norshahril, this move may be insufficient for Mr Najib to stay in power for long, unless he reinstates his inclusive agenda, embodied in One Malaysia, to ensure he has the support of non-Malays.

The article which appeared in the print edition of TODAY on December 07, 2015 can be viewed here

Related article: Malaysia Party Elites to Meet as Najib Staying Power Tested by Bloomberg. The article can be accessed here

Op-Ed: “ASEAN deserves credit for standing up to China and US” – ASC Head, Tang Siew Mun

 

Head of ASEAN Studies Centre, Tang Siew Mun, has written an op-ed for TODAY in response to ASEAN’s failure to reach a unanimous decision to include the South China Sea (SCS) disputes in the joint communique.

Read more here.

Op-Ed: “Najib must unite Umno at general assembly” – ISEAS Research Fellow Norshahril Saat

 

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute research fellow, Norshahril Saat, opines that Mr Najib must unite Umno at general assembly and regain support from disgruntled members. Dr Norshahril added that Mr Najib should also use this assembly to make amends with Mr Muhyiddin and Dr Mahathir.

The article which appeared in the print edition of the Straits Times on December 01, 2015 can be viewed here.

Op-Ed: “Political change in Malaysia: Will there be a new normal?” – Visiting Fellow Abdillah Noh

 

Abdillah Noh, Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, opines on the current political landscape and leadership void in Malaysia, bearing in mind leadership renewal woes within the Barisan Nasional (BN).

The article can be read here.