Contents

pp v-viii

Foreword

pp ix-x

1 - Introduction – Malaysia's Future Is Redeemed

pp 1-4

Before Pakatan Harapan

pp 5-6

2 - After All These Years, Malaysia Is Still Held Hostage

pp 7-9

3 - Beyond the Nationalism Trap

pp 10-12

4 - Federating Malaysia — A Continuous and Troubled Process

pp 13-15

5 - Funeral for a True Son of Penang

pp 16-17

6 - Let's Work Out What Malaysia Is Good For

pp 18-20

7 - The Unity Fetish

pp 21-27

8 - When the National Narrative Loses the Script

pp 28-31

9 - Let's Be Cosmopolitan and Leave Multi-ethnicity Behind

pp 32-33

10 - Noses Don't Grow Back

pp 34-36

11 - Mahathir's Bersatu is Best Understood as an NGO

pp 37-38

Before 9 May 2018

pp 39-40

12 - Racialising the Un-racialisable: What Is the Red Shirt Rally All About?

pp 41-43

13 - One Country's Merdeka Is Another's Damage Control

pp 44-47

14 - Malaysia – Where Politics Must Be Ethnically Inclusive and Exclusive at the Same Time

pp 48-51

15 - Is Malaysia at a Crossroads or in a Quagmire?

pp 52-54

16 - Unity Without Solidarity Sows Disunity

pp 55-57

17 - UMNO and Looking Back at History

pp 58-60

18 - Sarawak Forces Federal Opposition to Do Deep Soul-searching. But Can It?

pp 61-63

19 - By-elections Reveal New Malay Politics

pp 64-67

20 - Interview with Mahathir Mohamad: ‘People Must Be Able to Hold Their Heads Up.’

pp 68-74

21 - Malaysia Has to Start Re-examining Its Histories

pp 75-78

22 - Waves from US Probe into 1MDB May Turn into Tsunami

pp 79-81

23 - Seeking a New Formula to Unite Malaysia's Diversity

pp 82-84

24 - Time for Anwar to Accept Mahathir's Olive Branch?

pp 85-87

25 - Najib, Mahathir and the Timing of Malaysia's Polls

pp 88-91