马来西亚和泰国也面临着接近生死存亡的选择，一边是继续当前道路 — — 马来西亚是一党家族统治，泰国则是精英/军方统治 — — 另一边是开始政治妥协，让人口中为数巨大的边缘化人群也加入其中。
Malaysia and Thailand also face a near-existential choice between continuing on their current paths – one-party ethnocracy in Malaysia and elite/military rule in Thailand – and beginning a process of political reconciliation, aimed at bringing large, marginalized portions of their populations into the fold.