Foreign Policy
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Foreign PolicyActive Neutrality in a Dangerous Era: Malaysia’s Test from Hormuz to Straits of Malacca
English Englis Published by Asia News Network, AstroAwani, Mysinchew, Sinar Daily, The Jakarta Post and The Star, image by The Jakarta Post. The war over Iran is no longer only a Gulf crisis. Its consequences are...
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Economy and Finance
Malaysia’s Red Carpet, America’s Rulebook
Protocol bowed to power, and principle lost. Malaysia rolled out a red carpet, then signed away policy space: a “reciprocal” deal that makes us rule-takers in trade, tech and security. Sovereignty is not a bargaining...
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Domestic Policy
Whither Trumpmania in Malaysia?
Some call it diplomacy. Others call it denial. To welcome Trump while Gaza burns is to mistake theatre for leadership and servitude for strategy.
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Foreign Policy
Reciprocal Tariffs Revisited: Relief for Some, Sovereignty for Sale?
A modest 7% U.S. tariff cut may mask a far greater price — quiet concessions in markets, resources, and policy space. In this “discount-for-compliance” model, the real cost is measured not in percentages, but in...
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Foreign Policy
The U.S. Blueprint for China’s Collapse and Its Own Unravelling
The Hudson Institute’s 128-page blueprint for China’s post-Communist collapse reads less like policy and more like imperial psychology — a projection of American delusion, revealing not China’s future but the mindset of a hegemon rehearsing...
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Foreign Policy
Through the BRICS Mirror: The West in Reflection
English English Published by TheStar, AstroAwani, & NST Online image by AstroAwani The Western media’s reaction to the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro was nothing short of predictable. Despite a summit marked by...
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Foreign Policy
Mapping the Rise of BRICS: Declarations, Designs and a Future Unfolding
As BRICS moves from declarations to design, seventeen summits reveal a deepening framework of South–South coordination that Malaysia is well placed to help shape from within.
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Economy and FinanceFrom Tweets to Tectonics: NATO’s Void and the Global South’s Rise
The Nato summit only magnified irrelevance. Its metrics, even if not false, are out of sync with the world’s pulse.
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Economy and Finance
Endless Wars, Two Americas, One Failing Machine: The Real Stakes of U.S. Involvement in Iran–Israel
What this moment reveals is not merely a geopolitical contest. It is a struggle over meaning itself, between those rewriting the story of power, and those clinging to a script that no longer fits the...
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Economy and Finance
Deterrence Unscripted: What the Iran–Israel Escalation Really Revealed
A war that was meant to be managed became real because someone inside refused to betray their country’s dignity for another photo op.
By Rais Hussin
