Our latest flagship ISIS Focus is out! With the theme "Malaysia Reforms: Change or/in Continuity?" it carries articles on political, economic, environmental, social and foreign policy changes in Malaysia Baru. The Focus also features interviews with YB Maria Chin, Dr Wong Chin Huat, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Dato' Ambiga Sreenevasan, YB Kelvin Yii, Professor Shamsul Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, Miss Mariam Mokhtar and YB Khairy Jamaluddin.
Environment can threaten health, security
SUSTAINABILITY and environmental issues caught the headlines globally and in Malaysia last month. In New York, as part of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summits were held. Swedish activist GretaThunberg, 16, s...
Powerful portrayal of mental illness
The release of Joker on Oct 3, during Mental Health Awareness Month and a week before World Mental Health Day today, is timely. The film highlights the public misconception of mental illness and its downward spiral if left untreated. It represents everything difficult about und...
Economic growth stifled
IT has been more than two years since the United States first launched investigations into China’s trade and intellectual property. Since then, four different rounds of US tariffs have been slapped on Chinese goods, with a fifth round due to come into effect on Oct 15. By the t...
Overhauling foreign policy to get our priorities right
NEITHER failure, overachievement nor decisions made through Malaysia’s foreign policy have attracted numerous mixed reactions from both at home and abroad. While no one expected a perfect report card, some of the approaches we’ve taken to express our national interests and va...
Our latest flagship ISIS Focus is out! With the theme "Malaysia Reforms: Change or/in Continuity?" it carries articles on political, economic, environmental, social and foreign policy changes in Malaysia Baru. The Focus also features interviews with YB Maria Chin, Dr Wong Chin Huat, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Dato' Ambiga Sreenevasan, YB Kelvin Yii, Professor Shamsul Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, Miss Mariam Mokhtar and YB Khairy Jamaluddin.
Environment can threaten health, security
SUSTAINABILITY and environmental issues caught the headlines globally and in Malaysia last month. In New York, as part of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summits were held. Swedish activist GretaThunberg, 16, s...
Powerful portrayal of mental illness
The release of Joker on Oct 3, during Mental Health Awareness Month and a week before World Mental Health Day today, is timely. The film highlights the public misconception of mental illness and its downward spiral if left untreated. It represents everything difficult about und...
Economic growth stifled
IT has been more than two years since the United States first launched investigations into China’s trade and intellectual property. Since then, four different rounds of US tariffs have been slapped on Chinese goods, with a fifth round due to come into effect on Oct 15. By the t...
Overhauling foreign policy to get our priorities right
NEITHER failure, overachievement nor decisions made through Malaysia’s foreign policy have attracted numerous mixed reactions from both at home and abroad. While no one expected a perfect report card, some of the approaches we’ve taken to express our national interests and va...
Announcement: ISIS Malaysia is pleased to announce that its Economics, Trade and Regional Integration (ETRI) division has published its Policy Brief on the US-China trade conflict. The Policy Brief analyses how post-tariff “diversions” in trade flows from the US have affected Malaysia and the region thus far, which countries and which specific product lines have gained from the shifts in US import demand, and what are the potential policy implications for policymakers in Malaysia and beyond. Read MoreAnnouncement: YBhg Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa completed his tenure as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia on 8 January 2019. ISIS Malaysia’s Board of Directors and staff convey their sincere appreciation to YBhg Tan Sri Rastam for his able stewardship of ISIS Malaysia and wish him well in all his future endeavours.
Announcement: ISIS Malaysia is pleased to announce that its Economics, Trade and Regional Integration (ETRI) division has published its Policy Brief on the US-China trade conflict. The Policy Brief analyses how post-tariff “diversions” in trade flows from the US have affected Malaysia and the region thus far, which countries and which specific product lines have gained from the shifts in US import demand, and what are the potential policy implications for policymakers in Malaysia and beyond. Read More
