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The Madani Government holds a strong parliamentary supermajority but faces serious constraints in pushing through sufficient institutional reforms. Why? Part of the answer lies in the ideological framework that UMNO entrenched over decades to support and justify its dominance. That framework has never been comprehensively discredited and thus continues to structure politics and impose constraints. Understanding these is key to understanding the potential for and limits to reform in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
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He is the HSBC Chair in Asian Research, and an Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy & Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science, the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is also the Director of UBC\u2019s Institute of Asian Research and Associate Editor (Southeast Asia) at Pacific Affairs. His research focuses on political economy, governance, and development in Southeast Asia, with a particular emphasis on democratization, geopolitics, and Canada\u2019s engagement with the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
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