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Arab Region Pushed To Limits By Climate Extremes As 2024 Smashes Heat Records

The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of the world’s most vulnerable communities

2025-12-05 04:56:19 0 Comment 17879 view

Securing The South China Sea: Why Maritime Stability Is The Foundation Of National Wealth And Regional Security

The sharp rise in piracy and armed robbery across Asian waters in the first half of 2025 is a reminder that maritime security is no longer a narrow defence concern

2025-12-05 04:20:18 0 Comment 21743 view

When Critical Infrastructure Comes Under Fire, Democracies Must Demand Answers

Recent fires and explosions at energy facilities in Hungary and Romania have reopened a deeply unsettling conversation about the fragility of critical infrastructure and the politics that surround it

2025-10-27 12:48:22 0 Comment 24832 view

The Politics Of Captivity: Inequality And Corruption In Ukraine’s Prisoner Exchange System

Ukraine’s system for prisoner exchanges has become a mirror reflecting the country’s deep-seated social, political, and moral fractures

2025-10-13 05:12:47 0 Comment 26134 view

China’s Long Game In Iran’s Short War

Following the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June 2025, China has quietly accelerated its strategic partnership with a weakened Islamic Republic through renewed infrastructure commitments, expanded technological co-operation and deepened diplomatic alignment

2025-10-03 06:12:45 0 Comment 36435 view

Treaties, Not Fantasies: Why The U.S. Must Choose Dialogue Over Destabilisation

In 2008, Russia and China jointly tabled a draft treaty at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, aimed at preventing an arms race in outer space

2025-09-25 09:22:55 0 Comment 32848 view

The Dome That Will Break the Camel’s Back

In 2025, the Pentagon unveiled its latest grand ambition: the so-called “Golden Dome,” a space-based anti-missile shield projected to be operational by 2028

2025-09-22 04:49:46 0 Comment 38480 view

Millions Of Afghans Forced To Return To A Hellscape The World Forgot

It’s been a dark summer for Afghans. When Israel launched the 12-day war with Iran on June 13, Tehran used it as a pretext to scapegoat some of its most vulnerable residents

2025-08-30 10:40:11 0 Comment 55217 view

Beyond Optics: US Sends A Message In The South China Sea

The apparent US commitment to the Philippines in the South China Sea is probably one key legacy of the Biden administration that the Trump administration has not changed

2025-08-21 04:23:27 0 Comment 52422 view

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 54323 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 52917 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 93953 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 55038 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 65912 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 46810 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 60141 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 49405 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 60424 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 60885 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 56452 view