The launch of Jentayu (the name of a mythical bird in Malay epic tradition) is good news for the Malaysian left. A bilingual Malay- and
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In 2020, an unlikely coalition of activists formed online. It brought together protest movements in Hong Kong and Thailand and, before long, fanned out across
Though often declared dead, the discourse around ‘Asian values’ has had many lives. Authoritarian regimes have deployed culturalist arguments against liberal democracy since the 1990s,
The region’s close political and economic links to Beijing loom large in explanations of why it remains in the democratic doldrums. But overemphasis on the
Author: Subha WijesiriwardenaLead Editors: Islam Al Khatib, Maie Panaga BabkerEditor: Naureen ShameemPeer Review: Suri Kempe, Tooba Syed, Sabika Abbas, Amna NasirAdditional Research: Anonymous contributorProofreading: Rochelle