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Governomics In Malaysia: In Search Of Optimal Governance

Malaysia can be considered to have four tiers of government; federal, territory (Sabah & Sarawak) and state, local government, and government linked companies (GLCs) making up the fourth tier
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Cuba Hunkers Down As A US Oil Blockade Brings A Humanitarian Crisis

The Cuban government has drastically cut energy and fuel consumption and is downsizing and decentralizing most activity to the local level, where people can walk and use non-fossil-fuel-driven transportation, as the Trump administration blocks oil from reaching the import-dependent country, sparking concerns of a pending humanitarian crisis
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Vietnam At A Strategic Inflection Point

As Vietnam saw the ending of its 14th National Party Congress, the future ahead looks both promising and yet laden with external risks
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Human Trafficking Depends On Corruption At Every Step

In 2011, a trafficker in Chile was convicted for recruiting economically vulnerable Peruvian citizens and arranging for them to be brought into the country – destined to become victims of sexual exploitation
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‘No Oil’ Self-Mockery Reflects Global South’s Voice Against US Hegemony

"Malaysia, you've never looked more electric." When the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, posted a space-view image of lightning over the country last week, opening the post with this line, it likely did not anticipate the tone the comment section would take like this
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After Venezuela, Trump Targets Iran—The Imperialist Rampage Escalates

The Trump administration is preparing an imminent military attack on Iran in the next stage of a regime-change operation aimed at returning the Middle Eastern country of 93 million people to neocolonial subjugation and placing its vast oil reserves under US imperialist control and domination
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Malaysia’s Judiciary Boosts Reputation On Najib Verdict

Amid the relative detritus of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s struggling government, one bright thing stands out, and that’s the performance of the country’s judiciary, which seems to have found its bearings after the years of political destruction by former premier Mahathir Mohamed and others
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Shafie's Warisan Party Faces Wipeout in Upcoming Sabah Polls

Mohd Shafie Apdal’s recent assertion that Pakatan Harapan (PH) has spent RM 8 million to attack Parti Warisan feels less like an exposé and more like a defensive manoeuvre ahead of a difficult election
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The MiG-31 Affair Shows The West Is Losing Focus On Battlefield

Russia’s announcement that its security services disrupted an alleged Ukrainian-British attempt to persuade a Russian pilot to defect with a MiG-31 interceptor armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile initially sounds like a relic of an earlier era
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Trump's '28-point Plan' For Ukraine War Provokes Political Earthquake

When it comes to the reported draft framework agreement between the US and Russia, and its place in the Ukraine peace process, a quote by Winston Churchill (on the British victory at El Alamein) may be appropriate: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
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The Top US Military Contractors Cashing In On Caribbean Operations

As fears mount that U.S. strikes against so-called “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean could escalate into full-scale war with Venezuela, weapons makers are well positioned to benefit from the unprecedented U.S. military build-up in the region, not seen on such a scale in decades, and continues unabated
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