Webinar on “Reforming Malaysia’s Parliament: Lessons from 2020-2021”

 

In this webinar, Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqui spoke on the key challenges impeding the full functioning of Malaysia’s Parliament. He also lays out key reforms for revitalizing this foundational institution.

 

Webinar on “Suffering Covid-19 and Climate Change: Can Malaysia’s Fishermen, Fisheries and Seafood Survive?”

 

In this webinar, Dr Serina Rahman discussed the status of Malaysia’s nearshore fishermen, drawing on a more-than-a-decade-long ethnographic study of a fishing community in the western Tebrau Strait.

 

Webinar on “Malaysian Political Dynamics: The Making and Remaking of Political Alignments and Social Cohesion”

 

In this webinar,  Dato’ Dr Abdul Rahman Embong discussed the making and remaking of political coalitions and alliances through history to the newly minted UMNO-led government under PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob in the present.

 

Webinar on “Whither Barisan Nasional in Today’s Malaysia?”

 

In this webinar, Datuk P Kamalanathan and Mr Gan Ping Sieu explored Barisan Nasional’s recent decisions, current thinking in the coalition, as well as plans for the future from the perspective of two original members, the Malaysian Chinese Association and the Malaysian Indian Congress.

 

Webinar on “Sketch by Sketch with Zunar – A Visual Satire of Malaysian Administrations Over Time”

 

In this webinar, Zunar, one of Malaysia’s foremost cartoonists, shares his philosophy, craft, and technique of his art.

 

Webinar on “Contrasting Approaches to Malaysia’s Transport Policy”

 

In this webinar, YB  Anthony Loke analyses key transport initiatives put forward during Pakatan Harapan’s tenure and compares and contrasts them with the emerging transport policy framework advanced by Perikatan Nasional.

 

Webinar on “The Unrealized Mahathir-Anwar Transitions: Social Divisions and Political Consequences”

 

In this webinar, Prof Khoo Boo Teik talked about the two failed power transitions between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim, which had played out prominently over the last 40 years of Malaysian politics.

 

Webinar on “Malay Leadership in Pakatan Harapan”

 

In this webinar, YB Zairil Khir Johari reflects on the challenges facing Pakatan Harapan’s Malay leadership, and explore whether there are any alternative leaders, should the current crop of Malay leaders remain unable to convince voters.

 

Webinar on “Assessing Broad Structural Shifts in Malaysia’s Political Landscape”

 

In this webinar, YB Chang Lih Kang discussed structural shifts in Malaysia’s political landscape in recent years.

 

Webinar on “COVID-19 and MCO in Malaysia: Grassroots Perspectives”

 

In this webinar, YB Jannie Lasimbang and Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj draws on their community activism and political advocacy experiences to explain the ground-level realities during the MCO and critically assess the country’s policy responses of the past year.