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OpinionsEurope’s €10 Trillion Question: Who should carry the risk, people or the State?
Europe’s savings are not idle. Its leaders are seeking to turn household security into risk capital rather than confront the costly priorities consuming the continent’s public resources.
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The American Unipolar Deflation: What the War on Iran Really Exposes
English Englis Published by AstroAwani, Mysinchew and The Star, image by AstroAwani. For months, the world has watched what was meant to be a decisive US‑Israeli campaign against Iran. But instead of a quick, surgical victory,...
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Budget 2026: From B40 to B70, Redefining Malaysia’s Middle Class
As Malaysia tightens its fiscal belt, Budget 2026 must prove that discipline need not come at the expense of a middle class already running out of room to breathe.
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No Stage for a Genocide Enabler Trump at the ASEAN Summit
Trump’s visit would stain ASEAN’s conscience. Malaysia cannot honour a leader who armed impunity and called it peace.
By Rais Hussin -
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Debt as Destiny: Turning Malaysia’s Liabilities into Sovereign Assets
Debt is not Malaysia’s enemy — indiscipline is; only by embedding rules, oversight, buffers, transparency, political consensus, and IOOI can borrowing become a lever of resilience rather than a ratchet of crisis.
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Trash Overload: The Case for Integrated Waste Reform in Malaysia
Malaysia ranks among the world’s top marine plastic polluters and faces a growing e-waste crisis, yet systemic gaps continue to delay real reform.
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AI in Malaysia: Caution Without Strategy is Its Own Mistake
AI can only transform Malaysia if caution is matched with strategy: governance, talent, and education working together to turn hype into impact.
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Alaskan Summit: America’s Urgency and Russia’s Consistency
The Alaskan summit was never about Ukraine, but about managing the existential risks born of America’s war machine and Russia’s internal sabotage — a guardrail against miscalculation in the nuclear age.
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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
