Geopolitics
Geopolitics
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Economy and FinanceMalaysia’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...
By Rais Hussin
