This paper focuses on two of the most prominent Chinese railway projects in Southeast Asia
since the 2013 inception of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)–Malaysia's East Coast Rail …

This paper examines prerequisites for a successful inter-state economic corridor
development program in a country with a federal system of government through an in-depth …

Malaysia has a federal structure of government, suggesting substantial decentralization. In
practice, however, the autonomy of subnational tiers has been systematically undermined …

In The Roots of Resilience Meredith L. Weiss examines governance from the ground up in
the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or" hybrid" regimes—Singapore and …

Achieving water security requires action at all levels of governance, and cooperation among
state and non-state actors, including civil society. However, in many places, participatory …

The election on 9 May 2018 ended six decades of rule by the ruling coalition in Malaysia
(Barisan Nasional or BN, formerly the Alliance). Despite this result, the BN's longevity and …

Abstract The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been characterised as a large-scale initiative
to boost the movement of goods and services, capital, and people from China to Southeast …

Indonesia and Malaysia have been characterized by powerful, centralized state apparatuses
and" soft authoritarianism". However, over the last two decades, Indonesia has implemented …

What is the future of Malaysia's former dominant party, the United Malays National
Organisation or UMNO? With the loss of government in the May 2018 General Election …

Iskandar Malaysia–in the southern state of Johor–was conceptualized in 2006 as a high-
impact project by Malaysian economic planners. However, its development has generally …