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Greg Lopez

Greg Lopez is a lecturer at Murdoch University Executive Education Centre. He is interested in the links between individual agency, governance, economic growth and political stability. He explores these issues through this column.

Opinions

09 Jan 2018

A look at various kinds of corruption: Part 2

02 Jan 2018

A look at various kinds of corruption: Part 1

06 Jul 2017

Thinking of Malaysia as an Islamic state ― Part 6

20 Jun 2017

Thinking of Malaysia as an Islamic state ― Part 5

08 Jun 2017

Thinking of Malaysia as an Islamic state ― Part 4

01 Jun 2017

Thinking of Malaysia as an Islamic state — Part 3

23 May 2017

Thinking of Malaysia as an Islamic state ― Part 2

16 May 2017

Thinking of Malaysia as an Islamic state ― Part 1

01 Mar 2017

Democracy and the role of government — An overview

13 Feb 2017

Bersih: Towards a better system in Malaysia? Part 2

20 Jan 2017

Bersih: Towards a better system in Malaysia? Part 1

31 May 2016

'Merdeka, reformasi, transformasi… apa lagi?'

30 Nov 2015

Violence and social order

06 Nov 2015

Genuine dialogue, the logical option

27 Oct 2015

Conditions for genuine dialogue

19 Oct 2015

The futility of collective values

14 Sep 2015

Collective values

24 Aug 2015

Where were you when this song was #1?

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