Myanmar Activist: We Want Our Own Script
Amid the anti-coup protests in Myanmar, activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi went into hiding to avoid arrest. After years spent protesting her country’s mil…
Tag: Nationalism
The Citizens’ Agenda: The Parties Respond
Nearly a year ago, we embarked on the Citizens’ Agenda: our quest to find out what our Singaporean community thinks are the most important issues fa…
“The Fear Is Always With Me”: Refugees in Malaysia Recount Recent Lockdowns and Raids
Since Malaysia imposed a Movement Control Order amid the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration raids following strict lockdown orders have affected refugees,…
Myanmar’s Delayed Reaction to the “Foreign Virus”
Myanmar was relatively slow in acknowledging the COVID-19 public health threat. The government’s early denial is poised to have wide-ranging effects…
Singapore’s Dependence on Foreign Funding and our Economic Quandary
PJ explains how Singapore's economy has evolved over time, how it is heavily dependent on foreign funding, and how the PAP tried to wean Singapore off…
Racism and Xenophobia Amid a New Epidemic
The spread of a novel coronavirus that emerged from Hubei Province in China has triggered alarm across the world. As the number of cases identified in…
A New Islamic Populism and the Contradictions of Development
A new form of Islamic populism in Indonesia and other parts of the Muslim world articulates the rising ambitions and growing frustrations and anxietie…
Consensus Representation Upkeep
Even if the People’s Action Party proves less able to manage and contain conflict under this new phase in Singapore’s political economy, its dimin…
Moral Accountability Challenged
According to the People’s Action Party’s moral ideology of accountability, personal behaviour is seen as core to the critique of a public official…
Increasing Welfare, Containing Entitlement
Singapore’s People’s Action Party has long opposed “Western welfarism”, preferring to emphasise self-reliance. However, this core ideology has…
