Elvin Ong is an assistant professor in the political science department of the National University of Singapore and a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University. He is author of "Opposing Power: Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies." The views expressed are solely those of the author.
Until a year ago, Malaysia had never been ruled by a government coalition formed by parties that had just competed against each other in an election.
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