... and outsider, balancing principles and ambition, from the streets to prison to parliament, and back around again. Throughout, he has done surely more than anyone else to coax Malaysia along new sociopolitical paths, helping to elevate both conservative Islamism and progressive political liberalism, in novel...

...Gaik Cheng Khoo There is a danger that internal power struggles may cause distractions and derail the project of reformation. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Malaysia politics civil society corruption ethnicity Mahathir...

... Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Philippines Vietnam overseas Chinese Sinicization Xi Jinping Confucius Institute Chinese language 312 [F]or the first time in modern history, a rising China is shaping the relationship, transforming the diaspora s identity...

... Jemaah Islamiyah Southeast Asia Indonesia Joko Widodo Megawati Sukarnoputri Malaysia Philippines Muslims Islamists authoritarianism democracy terrorism Southeast Asia 226 Governments in Southeast Asia have adopted policies that are fueling militancy by restricting freedoms...

...Bridget Welsh [T]he incumbent forces have reformulated old strategies to deflect contenders for power while narrowing the political space for substantive reform. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Bridget Welsh Malaysia...

... of California Al Qaeda Jemaah Islamiyah United States Afghanistan Indonesia Hambali MILF Laskar Jihad Philippines Malaysia Al Qaeda has suffered severe setbacks sincethe US-led war on terror began in 2001.Two-thirds of its known senior leadership have been arrested. The terrorist group...

... of California ASEAN Cambodia Thailand China Indonesia Philippines Malaysia United States Jemaah Islamiyah MILF 177 Southeast Asia s Marred Miracle CARLYLE A. THAYER Although midterm economic prospects for Southeast Asia appear reasonably good, the region s political and security dynamics pose...

... Indonesia Malaysia Philippines September Singapore Southeast Asia terrorism Thailand United States American officials have turned their attention toward Southeast Asian policy- making something largely ignored since the end of the Vietnam War and have declared Southeast Asia the second front...

... in response to the crisis has not. © 2002 Current History. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California depreciation East Asia financial crisis IMF Malaysia Philippines Singapore slowdown South Korea Thailand In the aftermath of East Asia s spectacular eco-nomic...