AUTHOR BIOGRAPHYPui Yee Choong is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at University of Malaya. She has published journal articles, book chapters, and opinion editorials on contemporary Malaysian political and social issues. She was previously the History and Regional Studies Programme Coordinator at the Penang Institute, Malaysia, and a Senior Analyst at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Pui Yee holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Monash University, an MSc in Strategic Studies from the Nanyang Technological University, and a BA(Hons) in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Malaya.