Imran Said

Imran Said is a freelance writer currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has written on international security, history, and politics for several publications.

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In Southeast Asia, the Bad Guys are Staging a Comeback

Across Southeast Asia, former autocrats are staging their comebacks, exploiting ethnic and religious divisions, as well as fragile institutions. In Myanmar, a decade of cautious democratisation was violently upended by a military coup last year, while, in more recent times, once-disgraced kleptocratic forces in the Philippines and Malaysia have managed

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10 Jun 2022 · 7 min read

Across the Muslim World, Islamism is Going out of Vogue

Though the Taliban has once again taken power in Afghanistan, they have come back at a rather inopportune time. Across the Muslim world, many seem to be souring on Islamists, defined as those who derive legitimacy from Islam and advocate for modern states to be governed along Islamic precepts, both

Imran Said

21 Jan 2022 · 14 min read

Imran Said

In Southeast Asia, the Bad Guys are Staging a Comeback

Across the Muslim World, Islamism is Going out of Vogue

Pax Americana is Here to Stay

Indonesia's Unlikely Democracy Remains Resilient

Malaysia's Struggle to Preserve Religious Pluralism

Neo-Orientalism and the Left