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The US–Malaysia Partnership: Why It Matters for Our Shared Future

Malaysia will get long term tangible and intangible benefits not only from the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), but most importantly on the multi-faceted positive safeguard of our economic, security, technological and geopolitical strength and needs through enhanced ties with the US
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Trump’s Nuclear Test Strategy Checkmates Rivals

The strategic move and threat to restart the nuclear test is a strategic calculation by U.S. President Donald Trump, in response to Russian President Putin’s nuclear-powered delivery platform tests.
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The US Remains ASEAN's Most Valuable Partner

In Kuala Lumpur this week, Malaysia and ASEAN have a historic opportunity to ensure that the U.S. remains intertwined with our security and economic needs
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Why Trump Is The Saviour For ASEAN And The World

President Donald J. Trump’s decision to attend the October 2025 ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur is a powerful three-pronged message to regional powers and adversaries alike
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ASEAN Is Better Off With Washington

The 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur reflects the futility of the region’s entrapped dogma of economic and security hedging, without the intent to confront the truth
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Xi’s Grand Show of Force Failed to Challenge the US

Chinese President Xi Jinping orchestrated a strategically and purposely intended display of power and diplomacy, from hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, to the biggest military parade in Beijing to showcase China’s coming of age to the world
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Commemorating The "Second Victory": The End Of WW2 In Asia

While the end of World War 2 (WW2) has been endlessly discussed in light of the 80th anniversary of the fall of Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945, the global conflict stretched on for several more bloody months in Asia where Fascist Japan fought to the bitter end from the islands of the Pacific to the plains of Manchuria and jungles of Southeast Asia with the war finally ending on Sept. 3, 1945
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Trump’s Deterrent Factor and ASEAN’s Limited Hand in Thailand-Cambodia Discord

The Thailand-Cambodia conflict transcends the current ASEAN mechanism and capacity alone to deter or manage, seeing how its historical, contextual and nationalistic multi-factorial setting has shaped the spectrum of the conflict that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) alone is not able to fully resolve
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Rubio’s Presence A Strong Signal To China And The Region

By reaffirming its commitment to the region through Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s attendance at this week’s ASEAN meetings in Kuala Lumpur, the United States has presented Southeast Asia a rare and urgent chance to correct past strategic drift and declare that Washington remains the region’s most essential economic and security partner
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Rising Temperatures And Extreme Weather Hit Asia Hard

The WMO’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report says that 2024 was the warmest or second warmest year on record (depending on the dataset), with widespread and prolonged heatwaves
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Greater Warsaw-KL Interdependence

Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first-ever state visit to Malaysia coincided with Poland’s six-month Presidency of the EU Council and Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship, creating a new synergy of strategic economic and power convergence
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Beijing's ASEAN Hedge Against Washington

The ASEAN-GCC-China platform remains a strategic effort in increasing economic friendshoring that can boost the potential and relevance of the ASEAN market
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How Modi’s India Is Rewriting New Warfare Norms

The India-Pakistan conflict almost caused the brink of nuclear brinkmanship, until President Trump again used his peace-loving agenda and his dovish art of the deal strategic mantra
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