Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok Aun and ISEAS Malaysia Studies Programme Coordinator Francis Hutchinson discuss Malaysia's long reform journey and the hits and misses of Anwar Ibrahim's administration, with Meredith Weiss, ISEAS Visiting Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY).
Dialogues at Fulcrum is a podcast published by the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute.
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00:00 Intro
2:14 About Prof Weiss: beginnings of interest in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
5:12 Important milestones in Malaysia’s reform journey
10:24 Role of political leadership
15:10 Most feasible and high-impact reforms for the Anwar administration
21:54 Policy messaging and broad-based reforms
28:00 Reform failures and missed opportunities
30:30 Is Malaysian democracy maturing?
32:42 What has civil society contributed and learned?
37:11 Pakatan’s lack of sustained reforms compared to other countries
42:28 Grading Malaysia’s reform achievement