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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
    China Hong Kong protests Paul Yeung/ZumaPress

    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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    Europe’s New Power Trio

    Simon Toubeau foresees Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, and Manfred Weber boosting the bloc’s security and economy.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

    Jonathan D. Ostry calls for climate policies to reflect social realities, instead of being based solely on economic efficiency.
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    Will There Be a Sustained US Market Selloff?

    Dambisa Moyo identifies several indicators that investors and business leaders should keep an eye on.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal, but That Won’t Matter

    Aziz Huq sees an unlawful trade war as a window into America’s crumbling constitutional order.
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    Let Afghan Women Lead

    Palwasha Hassan & Shafiqa Khpalwak urge the international community to support some of the world's most repressed yet tenacious people.
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    Saving Ukraine

    By choosing to side with the aggressor in the Ukraine war, President Donald Trump’s administration has effectively driven the final nail into the coffin of US global leadership. Unless Europe fills the void – first and foremost by supporting Ukraine – it faces the prospect of more chaos and conflict in the years to come.

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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston

    For most of human history, economic scarcity was a constant – the condition that had to be escaped, mitigated, or rationalized. Why, then, is scarcity's opposite regarded as a problem?

     asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.
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    What Role for the Bond Vigilantes?

    J. Bradford DeLong, et al. consider whether the return of the “bond vigilantes” will become a persistent issue for major economies
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    Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

    Olivier Blanchard & Jean Pisani-Ferry identify four big global challenges that can still be tackled through “coalitions of the willing.”

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