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When Rivers Turn Hostile - China’s Mega-Dam, Water Politics, And The Water Wars Of The 21st Century

We are used to thinking of power grids, trade routes, and semiconductor fabs as the terrain of 21st-century power competition

2025-06-16 06:11:59 0 Comment 11156 view

Global Majority Increasingly Distances Itself From Zelensky Regime's Endless War Mongering

The ultra-globalist neoliberal world order is currently being dismantled, while public support for conservative values is on the rise

2025-06-13 13:12:20 0 Comment 21978 view

Sudan's Shadow War: Drone Strikes Reveal Escalating Tensions Between UAE And Turkey

Recent drone strikes in Sudan have revealed an escalating rivalry between the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, which are backing opposing sides in a war that has been raging since April 2023

2025-05-29 03:52:57 0 Comment 19295 view

Why India Must Join The ‘Squad’

At the 2025 Raisina Dialogue, General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, made a significant statement

2025-05-06 02:12:40 0 Comment 21699 view

Aligning Ethnic-Based Affirmative Action With Institutional Reform

The “bumiputra economic transformation plan” has once again re-entered Malaysia’s national policy agenda

2025-05-02 03:18:59 0 Comment 22382 view

Forecast In The Americas: Uncertainty With A Chance Of Trump

Amid greatly increased attention to the Americas in Washington, the largest hemispheric organization that excludes the United States and Canada

2025-04-12 11:51:17 0 Comment 18785 view

Saudi Arabia’s Predicament: Why Riyadh Is In A Strategic Bind And Why That Matters For Malaysia.

Saudi Arabia is in a tight spot—politically, militarily, and geopolitically

2025-03-16 03:23:53 0 Comment 28540 view

ASEAN Will Be An Irrelevant Sideshow With All The Action In BRICS

In 2025, Malaysia became the chair of ASEAN, taking over from the Lao PDR

2025-01-10 15:09:35 0 Comment 22581 view

Trump Has A Mandate To End Ukraine War

The enduring truism of electoral politics, unflinchingly even if uncritically repeated, that Americans don't vote on foreign policy, was repudiated this election cycle

2024-12-03 13:38:38 0 Comment 31032 view

Mighty Dollar: Why The U.S. Dollar Reigns Supreme?

The U.S. dollar reigns supreme in the global economy, not just as the world’s most used currency for trade and commodities but also as the linchpin of financial systems and central bank reserves

2024-11-19 02:12:49 0 Comment 28454 view

Trump Presidency Will Reignite US-China Trade War, Threaten Spike In Ocean Container Shipping Markets 

Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential Election is ‘a step in the wrong direction’ for international trade as importers fear another spike in ocean container shipping freight rates

2024-11-09 13:27:48 0 Comment 25765 view

The U.S. Presidential Election & How It Affects Malaysia 

The upcoming U.S. presidential election in 2024 has Malaysia, like much of Southeast Asia, carefully weighing its options in a world shifting from unipolar to multipolar

2024-11-07 05:04:51 0 Comment 38819 view

Before Fashion Valet, There Was The Telekom Malaysia Debacle!

In 2018, Telekom Malaysia found itself entangled in a series of financial missteps that wiped billions off its market value and sent ripples through Malaysia’s economic ecosystem

2024-11-07 05:00:53 0 Comment 36254 view

Kazan’s BRICS Summit Is A Head-On Challenge To Western Influence

As the BRICS summit unfolds in Kazan, Russia, the significance of this gathering transcends mere diplomatic niceties

2024-11-02 10:13:45 0 Comment 32878 view

Sudan: Refugee Numbers Swell As War Continues To Drive Displacement

The number of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan has surpassed half a million, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR

2024-10-12 13:33:26 3 Comment 34026 view

Why Corruption And Money-Laundering Will Continue To Flourish – A Company Perspective

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, since he took over the reins of the government in November 2022

2024-10-05 10:11:12 0 Comment 35565 view

Global Ikhwan Child Abuse Scandal: When Religion Becomes A Shield For Exploitation

: A simple yet deeply unsettling statement from federal police Criminal Investigation Department director Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, when pressed on the investigation into Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISB)

2024-09-27 09:31:16 0 Comment 56655 view

Where Expansion Could Hit A BRICS Wall

Turkey’s formal application last week for membership in BRICS marks a major step forward for a bloc that expanded its membership at the outset of the year to embrace Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates

2024-09-23 03:14:26 0 Comment 31967 view

UN Deputy Chief Appeals For Global Solidarity As Crises Roil East Africa

Spotlighting crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN deputy chief concluded a regional visit in Adré, Chad, on Friday

2024-08-31 08:18:16 0 Comment 35585 view

The US Military's Anti-Houthi Campaign Still Isn't Working

For more than nine months, the United States has been engaged in an open-ended — and congressionally unauthorized — military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi movement

2024-08-31 07:47:25 0 Comment 37224 view