US-Malaysia Trade Agreement: A Threat to Sovereignty & Regional Stability
[1] US ambassador Edgard Kagan warned last week that while Malaysia was free to explore opportunities with the BRICs grouping, President Trump “has …
Category Archives: China
South China Sea: The Limits of Quiet Diplomacy
[1] Kishore Mahbubani – Singapore’s widely respected diplomat and scholar – recently lauded Malaysia’s quiet diplomacy in dealing with China’s …
Anwar fosters closer ties with China amid growing distrust of US
Increasingly distrustful of American foreign policy, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to be looking to China to “provide checks and …
Are China’s South China Sea assurances worth anything?
The latest edition of the China Standard Map – which reiterates China’s claims to almost all of the South China …
Malaysia’s 5G rollout caught in the crossfire of big power rivalry
As US-China competition intensifies, it is becoming harder and harder for small countries like Malaysia to steer clear of big-power …
A new start in Malaysia-China relations
There was certainly no shortage of superlatives to describe Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s first official visit to China. Anwar himself …
A calculated insult to our nation’s honour
What? Najib Tun Razak invited to give the keynote address at an international forum? Surely there must be some mistake? …
AUKUS: Restoring the strategic balance
The recent announcement in Washington DC of a new tripartite alliance between Australia, the UK and the US (AUKUS) – …
Big brother in Beijing
I just couldn’t believe I was reading it right: Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein calling China “big brother” in a televised …
The Coronavirus pandemic & the beginning of the new Chinese century
The coronavirus pandemic, the first major global pandemic of modern times, has brought the world to a standstill. Some half …
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