AUTHOR'S BIO
Wang Gungwu
Director of the East Asian Institute, University of Singapore.
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Malaya and Sri Lanka: Communal Politics or Communal War?
Wang Gungwu Series: The Asian Century 2004-03-25Sri Lanka's bitter war of terror - one that practically invented the infamy of the suicide bomber - had been showing signs of abating of late. But a bitter power struggle between Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and a schism among the rebel Tamil tigers, now threatens to reignite the violence. Their political duel was aggravated recently when the President, wary that her prime ministerial rival was "too soft" in dealing with the rebel Tamil Tigers, sacked three ministers and took over their portfolios. Now she has dissolved parliament and set new elections for April, three years before they are due. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 23636
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The Man Who Made Malaysia
Wang Gungwu Series: The Asian Century 2003-09-29Once again, Malaysia ' s Mahathir Muhammed acerbic tongue has incited controversy. But his long rule in his country -- which ends November 1 -- amounts to much more than intemperate remarks, as Wang Gungwu, one of Southeast Asia's leading strategic analysts, suggests. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read:
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Divided Asia Stands
Wang Gungwu Series: The Asian Century 2003-02-04Why can't Asia unite even for the sake of its own security? For decades, Western experts have complained about the failure of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to learn the value of collective security from Europe's post-War experience. ASEAN's leaders have ignored the lessons offered first by the Common Market, and then the European Union. The benefits of these models are supposedly so obvious that it seems incomprehensible that ASEAN's leaders cannot see them. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 16469
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Islam versus Asia's Chinese Diaspora
Wang Gungwu Series: The Asian Century 2002-07-29When Malaysia's prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamed, recently announced that he intended to resign, Malaysians of Chinese descent joined Mahathir's Malay party loyalists in demanding that he reconsider. When Mahathir agreed to stay on, if only for another 16 months, the sighs of relief from these Chinese Malaysians were the loudest of all. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 20563
