Author Archives: Tricia

Don’t derail EU-Malaysia trade relations because of palm oil biofuel

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Tricia

This article was first published in The Edge Malaysia here on 22 December 2020. Malaysia recently agreed to join and ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which was welcomed and celebrated after many years of long negotiations. However, one … Continue reading →

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Federal-State Relations under the Pakatan Harapan Government

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Tricia

This was published as a “Trends” by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore, at which I am a Visiting Research Fellow (July to December 2020) in October 2020. The full publication can be accessed here. Executive Summary • On 9 May … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Fall of State Governments in Malaysia: Institutions, Constitutions and Political Alignment

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Tricia

This piece was published as a “Perspectives” by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore, at which I am currently a Visiting Research Fellow (July to December 2020), on 11 September 2020. The full publication can be accessed here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • The … Continue reading →

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Federal-state friction amid Malaysia’s dual political and pandemic plight

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Tricia

This was first published on New Mandala on 12 August 2020 here. This is a short version that summarises the key thrusts of the larger report that can be found here. This article (and the corresponding report) is part of … Continue reading →

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Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis: State-Federal Tensions Arise in Malaysia

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Tricia

I have been using the Forum of Federations website quite a bit in my research, so very pleased to have written this piece for their “Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis” series for Malaysia. This was first published on the Forum … Continue reading →

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The Political Economy of Federal-State Relations: How the centre influences resource distribution to the periphery

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Tricia

IDEAS has just released my policy paper, which can be downloaded here. The media statement released together with the paper is pasted below. IDEAS: The federal government must distribute resources fairly, regardless of political affiliation KUALA LUMPUR, 14 MAY 2020: … Continue reading →

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Reporting on the Reporters (in August Man Magazine)

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Tricia

Thank you August Man Magazine for including me in its feature in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. The full piece can be found on its website here. They also kindly sent me a PDF version of … Continue reading →

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What actually happened at the 28th April NSC meeting?

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Tricia

I am trying to reconstruct what transpired at the National Security Council meeting on 28th April, which was chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by all states’ Menteris Besar and Chief Ministers. Were the states consulted? Did they know … Continue reading →

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Infusing federalism into public health decision-making

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Tricia

First published on Malaysiakini here on 5 May 2020. The federal government’s decision to ease the movement control order (MCO) from May 4 to 12 was abruptly announced just three days earlier, on Labour Day.  Almost immediately, the Sarawak and … Continue reading →

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Recent Webinars on Covid-19

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Tricia

I spoke and moderated several IDEAS webinars recently, on Covid-19. I have published them on my website here. These may be useful for those following developments on how the Malaysian government is tackling the Covid-19 crisis. Thanks for following. The … Continue reading →

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