Category Archives: General Politics

Mahathir Mohamad at 100: Monumental Achievements, Mixed Legacies

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Tricia

by Tricia Yeoh and Francis Hutchinson This was first posted on Fulcrum (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute platform) on 10 July 2025, the 100th Birthday of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad here. An edited version of this opinion piece was republished on the … Continue reading →

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Featured on BBC World Questions Panel

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Tricia

I was recently invited to be a panellist at the BBC World Questions programme, recorded live in a studio with an audience of 150 people in Kuala Lumpur. This programme has been conducted in over 100 countries around the world. … Continue reading →

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Reviving UMNO: Party Institutionalization and Coalition Management in Selangor and Malacca

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Tricia

This is my latest publication by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, released on 13 June 2025. The full version can be downloaded here. I did ground research in the states of Selangor and Malacca to investigate the former dominant party UMNO’s party … Continue reading →

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PKR Party Elections Will Shape Malaysia’s Political Future

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Tricia

This commentary was first published on ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s platform, Fulcrum, on 23 May 2025 here. The upcoming Parti Keadilan Rakyat elections will influence Malaysia’s political future. The tremendous national attention on the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) elections in Malaysia … Continue reading →

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Abdullah Badawi – An Understated and Underrated Leader

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Tricia

This piece that was co-authored with Dr Francis Hutchinson of ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute was first published in Fulcrum on 6 May 2025, here. Abdullah Badawi’s brand melded the best of two worlds, namely rising living standards and technological ambition minus … Continue reading →

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Run For Their Money: Unequal Constituency Development Funds in Malaysia

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Tricia

This was first published in Fulcrum here, on 2 September 2024. Malaysia should consider a Constituency Development Act which would lay out the roles and responsibilities for disbursing constituency development funds to MPs. In July, Malaysian opposition Member of Parliament … Continue reading →

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Malaysia needs ASEAN to navigate a pathway between ‘the West’ and ‘the rest’

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Tricia

This piece was first published on the East Asia Forum site on 18 August 2024 here. Its editorial, titled “Malaysia mustn’t waste its moment of regional leadership”, also refers to the piece here. As ASEAN chair in 2025, Malaysia has … Continue reading →

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The Business of Governing Penang: Workarounds as Remedy?

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Tricia

This is a journal article co-authored by Xinying Chan, Meredith Weiss and myself, published in the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Studies. It can be accessed here. Citation: Chan, X. Y., Weiss, M. L., & Yeoh, T. (2024). The Business … Continue reading →

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Why are Asian thinktankers pessimistic about the future?

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Tricia

This op-ed was first published on the On Think Tanks website here, on 17 October 2023. In the Think tank state of the sector report 2023, Asian thinktankers were pessimistic about the future. Political challenges appeared to be driving this pessimism, … Continue reading →

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Will Anwar’s political dilemma in Malaysia stall reforms?

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Tricia

This article first appeared on the East Asia Forum website here, on 20 September 2023. The conclusion of six state elections held in August 2023 provided a much-needed pause in Malaysian politics. Held nine months after the 15th general election … Continue reading →

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