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Trump, Xi Agree To Trade Deal, But The US-led Confrontation With China Continues

US President Trump’s much anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week in South Korea finished with nothing more than an uncertain one-year truce in an economic war that has been dramatically escalated by Trump since returning to office this year

2025-11-08 13:08:35 0 Comment 14312 view

Reckless Posturing: Trump Says He Wants To Resume Nuke Testing

President Donald Trump’s October 29 announcement that the United States will restart nuclear weapons testing after more than 30 years marks a dangerous turning point in international security

2025-10-31 01:48:33 0 Comment 15038 view

Indonesia’s J-10 Fighter Buy From China A Geopolitical Play With Capability Risks

An Indonesian official’s announcement earlier this month that Jakarta intends to buy at least 42 Chinese J-10 fighter aircraft raised more than a few eyebrows

2025-10-31 01:41:40 0 Comment 13719 view

‘America First’ Meets ‘ASEAN Way’ In Kuala Lumpur

The 2025 ASEAN and East Asia Summits in Kuala Lumpur beginning today are set to be consequential multilateral gatherings — defining not only ASEAN’s internal cohesion but also the shape of U.S.–China relations in the Indo-Pacific

2025-10-28 02:26:29 0 Comment 19332 view

Bridging The Pacific: Chile And Malaysia Deepen Ties In Trade, Food Security, And Innovation

As Malaysia prepares to assume the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, one of its most promising partners from across the Pacific — Chile — is quietly but steadily strengthening its presence in the region

2025-10-19 03:40:42 0 Comment 21621 view

Taiwan At The Crossroads Of The Future: Why The World Can’t Afford To Look Away

As Taiwan celebrated its National Day on Oct. 10 the occasion carries far greater meaning than a national commemoration

2025-10-15 03:05:47 0 Comment 19946 view

Thai Politics Once Again In Turmoil

Thailand’s political merry-go-round is expected to start to spin again later this week when the 500-member parliament convenes, with contending political parties jockeying to form a coalition to replace Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ousted by the Constitutional Court last week after two months of suspension by the court

2025-09-04 06:06:06 0 Comment 38731 view

How China’s ECRL Threatens U.S. Indo-Pacific Posturing

The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a multi-billion-dollar project financed and built by China, is not simply a piece of infrastructure

2025-08-30 10:30:46 0 Comment 50317 view

While Washington Looks West, Beijing Moves South

For the past two decades, American foreign policy has been consumed by endless crises in the Middle East and, more recently, by the grinding war in Ukraine. These commitments drain U.S. resources, attention, and political will

2025-08-24 06:47:49 0 Comment 35149 view

South Korea's Military Has Shrunk By 20 Percent In Six Years As Male Population Drops

South Korea's military shrank by 20% in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the population of males of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the world's lowest birthrate, a report said on Sunday

2025-08-11 05:13:15 0 Comment 52385 view

Secretary's Remark That UK 'Will Fight' China Is A Dip Into Crazy Town

Having spent the past decade telling the British public that Russia poses the biggest ‘immediate threat’ to the United Kingdom, the idea that Britain should get ready to fight China is idiotic and irresponsible

2025-08-05 02:53:25 0 Comment 30685 view

ASEAN Drifting Towards Ignorance And Oblivion

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been fixated with the decades old strategic hedging mantra

2025-07-15 02:07:19 0 Comment 32365 view

MIER’s Struggles Are Not About Funding — They Are About Relevance

The recent piece titled “MIER struggling to stay afloat” has generated waves of sympathy for Malaysia’s oldest economic think tank

2025-07-15 01:56:31 0 Comment 40965 view

How South Korea Can Deter North Korea’s Nuclear Gambit With Precision Air And Naval Power

The Atlantic Council’s recent report, A Rising Nuclear Double-Threat in East Asia: Insights from Our Guardian Tiger I and II Tabletop Exercises, has reignited urgent conversations about deterrence credibility in the Indo-Pacific

2025-06-09 05:03:44 0 Comment 53932 view

Hegseth Says US Will Not Be ‘Pushed Out’ Of Indo-Pacific, Calls On Allies To Boost Defense Spending

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used a key address here in Singapore to assert that while the US doesn’t seek war with China

2025-06-03 07:06:30 2 Comment 59682 view

Cambodian Women Rising To Tap Global Fishery Products Market

Cambodian women are stepping up in the fishery products sector, transforming their roles from traditional producers to key players in the global market

2025-06-03 06:50:28 0 Comment 23900 view

China CDC Reveals Dominant COVID-19 Variant

As the international community closely monitors the global spread of Omicron variant NB.1.8.1, China announced on May 23 that it is the primary variant spreading in the country

2025-05-29 03:43:26 0 Comment 51965 view

Philippine Navy Commissions Two New Naval Vessels

During the Philippine Navy’s 127th Anniversary celebration, the navy christened and commissioned two new naval vessels, BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG06) and BRP Albert Majini (PG909)

2025-05-26 04:21:06 0 Comment 46755 view