Opinions
Opinions
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Foreign PolicyReciprocal 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 -
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...
By Rais Hussin -
Education and Social Policy
Underage and At Risk: What the Numbers Say About Malaysia’s Teen Sex Trend
Malaysia’s growing crisis of underage sexual activity is not a moral decay, but the outcome of policy enforcement gaps, weak education, and cultural silence.
By Avyce Heng and Margarita Peredaryenko -
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.
By Rais Hussin -
Economy and Finance
Raising Retirement as Malaysia Ages: Navigating the Workforce Challenge
In today’s highly competitive job market, offering flexibility in retirement age would be a desirable action for both retirees and the youth.
By Chia Chu Hang -
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.
By Rais Hussin -
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...
By Rais Hussin -
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 -
Education and Social Policy
Stray But Not Soulless: Rethinking Our Social Contract with Dogs
Malaysia spends millions killing strays—while humane, effective alternatives exist. It’s time for a national, coherent, evidence-based strategy rooted in care, not cruelty.
By Avyce Heng and Margarita Peredaryenko
