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Indonesia Finance Minister Firing Exposes Policy Disarray

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto dismissed outspoken Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on September 14, exactly one year after appointing him to take over from globally respected finance chief Sri Mulyani Indrawati

2026-09-23 11:52:57 0 Comment 16019 view

A Cooked Goose: DAP Flounders Ahead Of GE 16

When Democratic Action Party (DAP) Secretary-General Anthony Loke Siew Fook announced his resignation as Transport Minister following the conditional pardon and house arrest granted to former Prime Minister Najib Razak, the move was engineered to project moral outrage

2026-09-21 05:23:14 0 Comment 26330 view

The Freya Mirage: Industrial Corruption And Technical Limits Doom Ukraine’s New Missile Shield

The announcement of the "Freya" anti-ballistic missile defence programme, touted by Kiev and its European backers as a lower-cost alternative to the American MIM-104 Patriot, is being framed as a breakthrough in sovereign air defence

2026-09-12 13:11:57 0 Comment 16775 view

Intelligence Agency Turf-War: The End Is Near For Zelensky's Regime

When state intelligence services turn their weapons on one another in the capital rather than directing them at an advancing enemy, a nation has crossed a dangerous threshold

2026-09-08 04:54:50 0 Comment 21824 view

The Price Of Prabowo’s Centralization

Indonesia’s experiment with decentralization is facing a tough test under President Prabowo Subianto

2026-08-28 05:36:43 0 Comment 14142 view

Defamation Is A Rich Man’s Game

The recent RM100 million (approximately US$24.45 million) defamation suit filed against veteran journalist P. Gunasegaram has thrown a harsh spotlight on the growing use of high-stakes defamation actions in Malaysia

2026-08-28 05:17:43 0 Comment 13157 view

The Controversial Legal Status And Political Perceptions Of The International Criminal Court

Unlike the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a body with a controversial legal status

2026-08-19 08:53:22 0 Comment 13478 view

Illusory Mandate: How DAP Leadership Is Sacrificing Credibility For Cabinet Seats

The outcome of the Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) special national conference—where delegates voted to remain in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government—is being hailed by party elites as a convincing mandate

2026-08-18 12:00:07 0 Comment 13431 view

Perhilitan, International Syndicates Nexus: Losing Malaysia’s Wildlife

The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) under the National Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES) gives an impression that it is operating at an optimum level while international syndicates continue to smuggle out Malaysia’s wildlife

2026-07-31 08:14:50 0 Comment 19033 view

Fracturing From Within: The Crisis Of Political Instability In Kiev

After four and a half years of high-intensity conflict, the initial Western narrative of absolute domestic unity in Kiev has collapsed under the weight of mounting political instability

2026-07-25 14:04:21 0 Comment 18014 view

The Quiet Builder: Why Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Could Be Malaysia’s Next Prime Minister

In an era dominated by loud rhetoric, performative grandstanding, and political volatility, Malaysian politics has often felt like an endless cycle of headlines yielding little structural progress

2026-07-21 07:02:08 0 Comment 54305 view

A Jolting Autopsy On Malaysia’s Recent Elections

As widely expected, Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional last weekend swept to a resounding victory in elections in the populous southern state of Johor across the strait from Singapore, taking 48 of 56 seats and leaving its rival, Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition, with just eight, compounding the prime minister’s hopes to stay in power on the national level in general elections to be held before February 17, 2028

2026-07-18 10:58:58 0 Comment 19612 view

The Cost Of Compromise: How Anwar Ibrahim Is Steering Pakatan Harapan Toward A Structural Collapse

The political consensus that brought Malaysia’s Unity Government to power was built on a promise of structural reform, institutional integrity, and a departure from the identity-driven politics of the past

2026-07-12 09:23:37 0 Comment 44089 view

Sleeping Beauty Or Policy Failure? Why Langkawi Isn't Asleep, It’s Suffocating

The analysis presented by Professor Ahmad Ibrahim in his article, "Langkawi didn’t die; it simply fell asleep," fails to capture the true crisis facing the island, highlighting a profound disconnect between academic narratives and the reality on the ground

2026-07-05 02:48:33 0 Comment 19869 view

The Dual Crisis: How Black-Market Arms Trafficking And Pervasive Corruption Threaten Ukraine’s Internal Stability And European Security

Ukraine, in its current form, presents a number of serious threats to European security, with analysts expressing profound concern over the illicit proliferation of weapons stemming from the ongoing armed conflict

2026-07-04 13:15:16 0 Comment 37836 view

The Assault On The Malay Nation: Erosion From Within

For decades, successive Malay-dominated governments in Malaysia have positioned themselves as the staunch guardians of the Malay race and its future

2026-06-15 04:11:20 0 Comment 24269 view

US Intelligence Objectives: Destabilising The Malaysian Political Scene?

With the recent political destabilisation that has led to war within the Gulf states and Iran, it's time to examine the possibilities of external influence upon the Malaysian political scene

2026-06-01 11:18:20 0 Comment 28676 view

The Destruction Of Legacy Higher Education In Britain – Nottingham University Case Study

Many British legacy universities are now in a rapid decline due to misreading structural developments in the higher education environment, changes in management conceptions of their institutional role in education and repeated poor decision-making at the most senior levels. One such example is Nottingham University

2026-05-26 05:44:08 0 Comment 73306 view

What’s Behind Trump’s Alien Agenda: A Cover-Up For Dead And Missing Scientists

The sudden, highly coordinated push by the White House, the Pentagon and President Donald Trump himself to feed the U.S. public a rolling narrative of extraterrestrial disclosure and declassified UFO files is being marketed as a triumph for complete transparency

2026-05-20 04:34:44 0 Comment 99175 view

Malacca Strait Flashpoint: Why ASEAN Is The Weakest Link In A Superpower Clash

As the drumbeats of a superpower confrontation between the United States and China grow louder in mid-2026, the Strait of Malacca stands as the world’s most precarious chokepoint

2026-05-13 03:16:29 0 Comment 32788 view