How Democracy Is Won
Sometimes, one year can make all the difference, and nowhere is this truer than in Malaysia, where a diverse coalition of voters ousted a corrupt government in May’s general election. With a new government now in place, Malaysia can finally begin to build the just, equitable, and effective democracy that its reformers have long envisioned.
KUALA LUMPUR – It is perhaps indicative of our times that the peaceful transition of power by means of a democratic election is a candidate for “Disruption of the Year.” The outcome of the Malaysian general election in May was the hopeful outlier to a global trend toward populist nationalism, engineered through fear of refugees, migrants, and the “other.”