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Our group been assigned the about the POST-MAHATHIR MALAYSIA: COASTING ALONG that was written by M. Bakri Musa. M. Bakri Musa is one of a columnist for MalaysiaKini (Malaysia Today). He is a writes frequently on issues that affecting his native land. His essays have appeared in the Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, International Herald Tribune, Education Quarterly, Singapore's Straits Times, and The New Straits Times. His commentary has aired on National Public Radio's Marketplace. His regular column Seeing It My Way appears in Malaysiakini. M. Bakri Musa is also a regular contributor to th eSun (Malaysia). He has previously written "The Malay Dilemma Revisited: Race Dynamics in Modern Malaysia" as well as "Malaysia in the Era of Globalization," "An Education System Worthy of Malaysia," "Seeing Malaysia My Way," and "With Love, From Malaysia." Bakri's day job (and frequently night time too!) is as a surgeon in private practice in Silicon Valley, California. He and his wife Karen live on a ranch in Morgan Hill.
The main area of the article explore about Tun Dr. Mahathir’s leadership style, his view of race, his attitude toward the West, and his relationship with the Islamist. The first area of the article described about leadership style of Tun Dr. Mahathir. His often described as autocratic and dictatorial during the premiership. Secondly, the view of race by Tun Dr. Mahathir is Malaysia’s race-based parties have been remarkably successful in ensuring that no group is politically marginalized. This contributes immensely to racial harmony. The foreign relation, Mahathir is the one of prime minister that openly critic about the toward the Western country. Lastly, the article mentioned that Mahathir policies not really based on Islamic principle even though Malaysia is one of the Islamic countries. This we can see through the approval to operate Casino at Genting Highland.
The overall of this article is mention about the writer argument toward Mahathir

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