Institutions, Not Personalities
what kind of knowledge are we actually cultivating?
Institutions, Not Personalities
what kind of knowledge are we actually cultivating?
Adab, the Sacred, and the Crisis of Knowledge
what kind of knowledge are we actually cultivating?
Seyyed Hossein Nasr and the Civilisational Ethic of Theory R
The insertion of Article 121(1A) into the Federal Constitution in 1988 was intended to resolve a jurisdictional conflict. Instead, it produced one of Malaysia’s most persistent constitutional dilemmas.
Article 121(1A): How Political Compromise Became Constitutional Confusion
The insertion of Article 121(1A) into the Federal Constitution in 1988 was intended to resolve a jurisdictional conflict. Instead, it produced one of Malaysia’s most persistent constitutional dilemmas.
Malaysia Madani Through the Lens of Theory R
Malaysia stands at a moral crossroads. After decades of institutional drift, political fatigue, and public cynicism, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Malaysia Madani framework represents an attempt at civilisational renewal, not mere policy reform. But noble frameworks fail when they remain slogans. For Madani to succeed, it must become a moral operating system for governance. This is where Theory R — […]
Trump, three strikes and you are out
I do not think Donald Trump was ever a serious sportsman when he was a younger boy. But I am equally sure that he definitely did play baseball when he was young; it is part and parcel of American culture; just like ice cream, apple pie, and motherhood. And mind you, in those days they […]
Neutral public service
In the early 1980s, we at the National Institute for Public Administration (INTAN) hosted Professor Milton J Esman, one of two American professors who came to Malaysia as consultants to the government of Tun Abdul Razak, after the challenges of May 13th 1969, and introduced the concept of “development administration” to Malaysia. Their views, and […]
