July 2019 - Liew Chin Tong

29 Jul 2019
Politics, Social

Cultural confidence and mutual trust

As a society, we lack confidence in our own identity therefore we see the Other as threat. Some Chinese fear that the Malay officialdom would attempt to eliminate their cultural identity. Some Malays think that the Chinese are scheming to dominate the Malays. There are politicians and media that thrive on such fear and suspicion.

22 Jul 2019
National, Security

Future force

The change of government in May 2018 provides a rare opportunity for Malaysia to revisit some old assumptions and make new ones to move forward. One of the earliest major decisions that will have huge long-term impact by Defence Minister Mat Sabu was to commit the new government to present a Defence White Paper to chart the future.

9 Jul 2019
Economy, National, Social

For a compassionate and caring capitalism

For a generation or even two since the ascendance of neoliberalism in the 1980s, the world has very much been conditioned to think that weak states with no regulation, low taxes, free movement of money, the financialisation of housing property, and cheap labour, are good…

7 Jul 2019
Security

Armed forces the last resort

We need to realise that the military is the last resort, not the first responders. A military man in uniform is of course a very impressive persona and this certainly has a deterrence effect on all sorts of criminals or in any disaster relief effort.

2 Jul 2019
Institution, National, Social

The future of federalism

How do we arrange and re-arrange the institutions of our three-tier government – federal, state and local governments – will remain an important subject for Malaysia for the years to come with huge implications. We have to first ask ourselves, why do we want to…

Month July 2019

Future force

Armed forces the last resort

Year One: Malaysia’s New Political Order

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