治理联邦国家绝非易事，联邦—州属关系是观察马来西亚发展动态的重要视角之一，往往反映了国家政治、经济和社会的发展动向。2021年，马来西亚各州政府在联邦政府势弱时寻求更大的权力和自主性，国盟政府基本继承了国阵政府处理州属关系的模式，执政党与反对党掌控的州属之间的摩擦不断，同时又受到联邦拨款的制衡，马来统治者填补了权力真空，影响力持续扩大。尽管统治精英治理不善，但技术官僚、稳定运行的国家制度和强大的公民力量成为马来西亚未来重燃希望的曙光。
Governing a federal state is not an easy task. The federal-state relations is one of the important perspectives for observing the development of Malaysia. It often reflects the country’s political，economic and social development trends. In 2021，state governments sought greater power and autonomy when the federal government remained weak，the Perikatan Nasional government basically inherited the Barisan Nasional government’s model to manage federal-state relations. The friction between the ruling party-controlled states and the opposition party-controlled states continued while balanced by federal appropriations at the same time. Malay rulers filled the power vacuum with their influence expanded. While the ruling elites’ poor governance has been a disaster for Malaysia during the pandemic，technocracy，a still functionable institutionalization system and strong citizenship are the glimmer of hope for Malaysia’s future.
