Geopolitics
Geopolitics
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Foreign PolicyIndo-Pacific Does Not Need Another Imported Security Crisis
English English Published by AstroAwani, NST and The Star, image by NST. The Indo-Pacific does not need to be converted into the next theatre of externally managed “peace through strength”, especially when West Asia has just...
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Foreign Policy
Active 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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Geopolitics
The Iran War Paradox: How Washington’s Escalation Is Strengthening Tehran
The war meant to break Iran may instead be reforging the Iranian state while exposing the limits of American power.
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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...
By Rais Hussin
