Category Archives: Ethno-Religious Politics

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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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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Crisis Averted for now: Malaysia’s 15th General Election and What Lies Ahead

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Tricia

Tricia Yeoh This piece was originally published by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia website here, on Monday 28 November 2022. Malaysia’s highly anticipated 15th General Election (GE15) on 19 November 2022, originally intended as a way to end the … Continue reading →

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Malaysian Politics: What Just Happened and the Political Outlook

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Tricia

This article was first published by the Heinrich-Boell Stiftung Southeast Asia on its website here, on 20 October 2021. It is never a dull day in Malaysian politics, but there seems to be a brief pause – for the time … Continue reading →

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The political economy that Perikatan Nasional inherits – and will have to tackle

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Tricia

This article was first published on New Mandala on 6 March 2020 here. As the dust settles on the political machinations from the top that threw Malaysia into unchartered territory – this was the first time since 1969 that the … Continue reading →

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Malaysia’s New Perikatan Nasional Government: A Return of Barisan Nasional Policies?

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Tricia

This article was first published on FORSEA on 2 March 2020 here and republished on Malaysiakini on 3 March 2020 here. Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan coalition will go down in history as the shortest-lived government in the country. Since its ‘stunning’ … Continue reading →

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Notes on a New Nation, Day 4

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Tricia

Notes on a New Nation Day 4 Post-GE14, 13 May 2018 It has been the quietest day in news since election day (thankfully). Kudos to the media that has been faithfully following the news daily; they must be exhausted, but … Continue reading →

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Malaysia’s general elections, an uphill battle for the opposition

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Tricia

Commentary: Malaysia’s general elections, an uphill battle for the opposition (First published on Channel NewsAsia, 22 October 2017, here). Najib Razak has yet to call the elections. Tricia Yeoh explores the challenges and likely strategies the ruling Barisan Nasional party … Continue reading →

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The next govt’s reform agenda

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Tricia

First published in theSun on 20 July 2017, here. SUDDENLY it is election season again, with political parties optimising on the month-long Raya celebrations to test the waters of which leaders attend whose open houses. Of course, the most significant development … Continue reading →

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