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Chin-Huat Wong is a professor of political science at the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development at Sunway University in Malaysia.

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  1. China’s Civilizational Challenge
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    China’s Civilizational Challenge

    Dec 19, 2019 Chin-Huat Wong argues that China's formula for governing Hong Kong contradicts its most fundamental sensibilities.

  2. Can Multiparty Democracy Work in Multiethnic Malaysia?
    Jailed former opposition leader and current federal opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images

    Can Multiparty Democracy Work in Multiethnic Malaysia?

    May 23, 2018 Chin-Huat Wong says that, despite a historic vote, electoral engineering is needed to address ethnic and religious divisions.

  3. Will Malaysia’s Islamization Change Course?
    Former prime minister and PPBM chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad is giving a speech Faris Hadziq/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

    Will Malaysia’s Islamization Change Course?

    Mar 8, 2018 Chin-Huat Wong hopes that the upcoming general election boosts the standing of the country's nonagenarian comeback kid.

  4. China’s Choice
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    China’s Choice

    Oct 15, 2014 Chin-Huat Wong outlines the Chinese government's three options for confronting the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.

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    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku Session 2

    PS editors present our second session from COP29, Financial Inclusion is Climate Action.
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.
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    The World’s Babies Need Antibiotics, Not Just Vaccines

    Glenda Gray urges the international community to help African countries prevent infant deaths from treatable infections.
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    How Trump Did It

    Not only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.

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    The Big Picture

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    Capitalism Is Driving Democracy’s Death Spiral

    Katharina Pistor argues that the financialization of the global economy has come at the expense self-governance.
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    What Germany’s Next Government Must Do

    Helmut K. Anheier argues that whoever wins the upcoming snap election must make progress in four key areas.
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    To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump

    Yasheng Huang

    By voting for Republican candidates, working-class voters effectively get to have their cake and eat it, expressing conservative moral preferences while relying on Democrats to fight for their basic economic security. The best strategy for Democrats now will be to permit voters to face the consequences of their choice.

     urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all.
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    What If Trump Keeps His Promises?

    Kaushik Basu warns that the president-elect’s proposed trade policies will erode America’s competitiveness.

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