New Atlas Live: Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim, US Meddling, and China

Malaysia’s new prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is the product of decades of US government backing, both himself a regular associate of Washington’s regime change front, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and part of a wider US NED-funded network.

Is Malaysia about to embark on self-destruction like so many other US proxies, or will this be the first time in US history that a proxy does not serve Washington at the expense of his own nation?

References:

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Becomes PM

CNN – Anwar Ibrahim appointed new Malaysia prime minister, ending decades-long wait
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/24/as…

Diplomat – Malaysia’s Democratization Poses New Challenges to China’s BRI Projects:
https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/malay…

South China Morning Post – Anwar backs Mahathir’s review of Chinese deals – but not to annoy Beijing:
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politi…

Radio Free Asia – Malaysia’s Anwar Tells Southeast Asian Nations to Defend Territory against China (2019):
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/chin…

Anwar Ibrahim’s Long History of US Backing

The New Atlas – The US Money Behind Malaysia’s ‘BERSIH’ Street Front:
https://youtu.be/pgANPSeNNTo

Malaysian Insider – Bersih Repudiates Foreign Christian Funding Claim:
https://www.malaysia-today.net/2011/0…

US National Democratic Institute – Malaysia (2011):
http://web.archive.org/web/2011011300…

Bersih – Endorsing NGOs:
https://www.bersih.org/about/ngos/

US National Endowment for Democracy – Malaysia (2020):
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/malay…

US National Endowment for Democracy – Board of Directors:
https://www.ned.org/about/board-of-di…

US National Endowment for Democracy – 2007 Democracy Award (Page 3):
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/upload…

US National Endowment for Democracy – FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET LECTURE: CONFRONTING AUTHORITARIANISM:
https://www.ned.org/events/fifteenth-…

US National Endowment for Democracy – INTRODUCTION OF ANWAR IBRAHIM (2019):
https://www.ned.org/introduction-of-a…

NYT – U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/wo…

US Government-Funded Media

The New Atlas – US Government-Funded Media in Malaysia: “Malaysiakini”:
https://youtu.be/oObHlyEz3w8

Malaysiakini – Finances:
https://about.malaysiakini.com/accoun…