Malaysia in 2023: Reconsolidation Under Pressure

Authors

Meredith Weiss, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2667-9571

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2024

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2024.64.2.288

Abstract

Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim steered his cobbled-together government through economic and sociocultural challenges in 2023, emerging stable but spooked. State-level elections in August sustained each party’s roster of states, but with declining margins for Anwar’s coalition. Fiscal pressures—high debt, declining revenues, rising cost of living, and a persistently weak currency—constrained room for maneuver, while state-level and societal cultural contests tested Malaysia’s multiracial, multireligious tolerance.

Comments

This is the Publisher's PDF. The Version of Record can be found here: Meredith L. Weiss; Malaysia in 2023: Reconsolidation under Pressure. Asian Survey 1 April 2024; 64 (2): 288–298. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2024.64.2.288

Recommended Citation

Weiss, Meredith, "Malaysia in 2023: Reconsolidation Under Pressure" (2024). Political Science Faculty Scholarship. 6.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/rockefeller_pos_scholar/6