Columns/Op-Eds

    Expert Opinion

JCI Fellows occasionally issue opinions letters and editorials in their own professional capacity to media and platforms.

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This section archives and collects a curated range of these pieces where such supports JCI objectives.

ASEAN integration can keep region above US–China fray

Governance Studies Ops
Many features of the US–Soviet cold war are present in contemporary US–China relations: ideological competition, struggles over the control of natural resources...

International Analysis: The Molotov Cocktail of Race and Religion in Malaysia

Governance Studies Ops
Last week, the highest court in Malaysia ruled that the Catholic Church cannot use the word “Allah” in its publication The Herald. The government argued...

One year later- UMNO holding all the cards

Governance Studies Ops
The country simply cannot progress when the main political discourse is political fascism and the country is drifting economically…

The Rising Dragon: Opportunity or fear?

Governance Studies Ops
This month marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the People’s Republic of China and the Federation of Malaysia...

Domestic Faultlines in Southeast Asia

Governance Studies Ops
Asian may look like a homogeneous body to the outside world...

Obama-mania

Governance Studies Ops
Obama-mania Coming! The visit could not come at a more symbolic time...

MySay: Pandemic or not, there is no such thing as ‘de-globalisation’

Governance Studies Ops
Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

my Say: Economics understood as soft power makes more and more sense

Governance Studies Ops
Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

Malaysia is rehabilitating Najib after 1MDB scandal

Governance Studies Ops
Prof. James Chin weighs in on the current Malaysian political transition.

My Say: The new normal will be more complicated than we think

Governance Studies Ops
Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.

My Say: Nationhood is born of inclusiveness in politics and integrative dynamics in economics

Governance Studies Ops
Dr Ooi Kee Beng says a fair attitude towards fellow humans is not only its own reward; in the larger scheme of things, it is enlightened self-interest.