Opinions

Domestic Policy
Malaysia needs a new toolbox to combat poverty

To foster transformative strategies for nation-building, poverty requires analysis using different approaches instead of conventional monitoring of aggregate figures.
By Chan Myae San

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
“Internal empowerment, external control” for foreign beggars

The act of begging, in its occurrence, persistence, and regularity, reflects public and social policy shortcomings.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysia Madani and the social contract

Malaysia Madani is well-poised to definitively give adequate expression to the dual nature inherent in our society as underpinned by the “social contract”.
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Foreign Policy
Humanitarian Insanity At Work In Gaza

…. the very process of seeing Israel now pounding on Gaza with bombs verging on 60,000 KG worth of dynamites, is but an invitation to be complicit in all forms of war crimes and chicanery...
By Rais Hussin

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Budget 2024 – new financing models

Fiscal consolidation and sustainability necessitates indirect/secondary fiscal injection not only via PPP but also fiscal decentralisation.
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Economy and Finance
Addressing gender disparities amid career breaks

Achieving a 60% female labour force participation rate within a decade is our path to gender equality and economic growth.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan

2 years ago
Opinions
The line between truth and fake is blurring like no other

The rise of cybertroopers poses a significant threat to the electoral process, integrity, transparency, and the parliamentary system's stability in Malaysia.
By Margarita Peredaryenko and Jachintha Joyce Devasagayam Jayakumar

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Credible Malaysian Brain Drain Intervention is Long Overdue!

… an intervention based on data-driven outputs (specific money spin-offs linked empirically to the desired outcomes and intergenerational impacts) able to tackle the very root causes of human flight effectively.
By Rais Hussin

2 years ago
Economy and Finance
Budget 2024 – the battle against food inflation isn’t over yet

It’s critical that there's a closer alignment between cost-of-living (viz., reducing the financial burden of the rakyat) and food inflation (viz., reducing food prices).
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Foreign Policy
Tectonic Change in Strategy Towards Lasting Middle East Peace

Yet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu experienced not only a failure in intelligence but also in intellect. When problems look like a nail, the logical solution will be the hammers.
By Rais Hussin

2 years ago

To foster transformative strategies for nation-building, poverty requires analysis using different approaches instead of conventional monitoring of aggregate figures.

The act of begging, in its occurrence, persistence, and regularity, reflects public and social policy shortcomings.

Malaysia Madani is well-poised to definitively give adequate expression to the dual nature inherent in our society as underpinned by the “social contract”.

…. the very process of seeing Israel now pounding on Gaza with bombs verging on 60,000 KG worth of dynamites, is but an invitation to be complicit in all forms of war crimes and chicanery...

Fiscal consolidation and sustainability necessitates indirect/secondary fiscal injection not only via PPP but also fiscal decentralisation.

Achieving a 60% female labour force participation rate within a decade is our path to gender equality and economic growth.

The rise of cybertroopers poses a significant threat to the electoral process, integrity, transparency, and the parliamentary system's stability in Malaysia.

… an intervention based on data-driven outputs (specific money spin-offs linked empirically to the desired outcomes and intergenerational impacts) able to tackle the very root causes of human flight effectively.

It’s critical that there's a closer alignment between cost-of-living (viz., reducing the financial burden of the rakyat) and food inflation (viz., reducing food prices).

Yet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu experienced not only a failure in intelligence but also in intellect. When problems look like a nail, the logical solution will be the hammers.