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Why Trump Is The Saviour For ASEAN And The World

President Donald J. Trump’s decision to attend the October 2025 ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur is a powerful three-pronged message to regional powers and adversaries alike

2025-10-27 12:55:09 0 Comment 14626 view

Europe’s Economic Winter Transfers The Workshop Of The World To Asia’s New Furnaces

In the workshops of the Ruhr, where the fire of blast furnaces was once considered Europe’s eternal companion, today reigns a cold more expensive than any raw material

2025-10-21 07:48:52 0 Comment 14034 view

Trump Authorizes Regime Change Operations Against Venezuela

President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out lethal, covert operations in Venezuela aimed at overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro

2025-10-18 10:30:56 0 Comment 16941 view

Malaysia’s Fiscal Reform Is Not A Lottery — It’s A Course Correction

Recent commentaries have accused the Madani administration of turning the national budget into a “lottery ticket,” citing record expenditure and rising debt

2025-10-15 02:48:58 0 Comment 35738 view

Mali In Crisis: When The Junta Has No One Left To Blame But Itself

Since early September, members of the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorist organization have been attacking and kidnapping truck drivers transporting fuel to the Malian capital of Bamako

2025-10-13 05:20:20 0 Comment 16226 view

China's Rapid Rise Is Slowing Down

The rise of China has changed the global axis of power for past decades, forcing readjustments

2025-10-08 02:10:44 0 Comment 30048 view

A Fresh Perspective On Climate

The climate wars rage on interminably. A new perspective might help us see the way forward more clearly

2025-10-05 07:59:00 0 Comment 20634 view

ASEAN Is Better Off With Washington

The 57th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur reflects the futility of the region’s entrapped dogma of economic and security hedging, without the intent to confront the truth

2025-09-29 04:03:40 0 Comment 23534 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 25244 view

Xi’s Grand Show of Force Failed to Challenge the US

Chinese President Xi Jinping orchestrated a strategically and purposely intended display of power and diplomacy, from hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, to the biggest military parade in Beijing to showcase China’s coming of age to the world

2025-09-12 04:00:12 0 Comment 46533 view

Trump's India Problem Could Become A Global South Crisis

As President Trump’s second term kicked off, all signs pointed to a continued upswing in U.S.-India relations

2025-08-27 11:54:15 0 Comment 37826 view

neocolon-AI-lism - The Collective West's Latest Political Weapon

At the beginning of July, the Foreign Ministry Collegium held a regular meeting

2025-08-07 12:02:25 0 Comment 51709 view

Why Was Japan The Only Nuclear Holocaust In 80 Years?

Eighty years ago today, August 6, 1945, the U.S. military dropped an atomic weapon nicknamed “Little Boy” on the city Hiroshima, Japan

2025-08-07 11:46:22 0 Comment 42575 view

Failed rallies and the echo chamber of discontent

I was just reading through various reports on the underwhelming rally that was held by Malaysia’s right-wing opposition in the heart of our city centre yesterday

2025-07-28 04:22:21 0 Comment 45112 view

Are Trump's Aggressive Policies Weakening The Dollar?

There has been an extraordinary flurry of announcements from the Trump administration about its preferred domestic and international policies since January 20

2025-07-24 03:17:44 0 Comment 26775 view

NATO’s Attempt To Shift Blame To Others Under Pretext Of ‘Aiding Russia’ Highly Irresponsible

According to Bloomberg, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during his visit to the US, stated that "Brazil, China and India will face secondary sanctions from the US if Russia doesn't negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine," and urged these three countries to lean on Russia to agree to a ceasefire

2025-07-20 10:51:31 0 Comment 25210 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

BRICS Summit In Rio: The Global South's Moment Of Opportunity Amid Western Skepticism

As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 17th BRICS Summit from July 6-7, 2025, the gathering represents more than just another diplomatic meeting

2025-07-06 05:31:19 0 Comment 29203 view

Growing Rivalry Between Indonesia's Police And Military

For a decade under former President Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s police force enjoyed unprecedented privileges and power, with numerous high-ranking police officers appointed to key posts across ministries, state-owned enterprises, and regulatory bodies

2025-06-24 12:48:19 0 Comment 46792 view

Greater Warsaw-KL Interdependence

Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first-ever state visit to Malaysia coincided with Poland’s six-month Presidency of the EU Council and Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship, creating a new synergy of strategic economic and power convergence

2025-06-16 05:48:56 0 Comment 32239 view