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? …
Category Archives: China
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 …
Government must act decisively to contain the coronavirus
Kudos to President Xi Jinping for acting decisively to counter the spread of the increasingly deadly coronavirus by suspending all …
Fraying ethnic relations affecting foreign policy consensus
A series of recent controversial foreign policy statements by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has exposed the increasingly deep divisions …
Comic books, politics and propaganda
What is it with us Malaysians? We seem to careen from one controversy to another in quick succession. Before we …
Rethinking ECRL
In the wake of explosive testimony from Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin,a key aide to former prime minister Najib Tun Razak, detailing …
ECRL: No cause for celebration
After months of conflicting signals and intense behind-the-scenes negotiations, the Pakatan Harapan government finally announced that it had reached agreement …
BRI: Putting Malaysia’s interest first
As the Pakatan Harapan government draws closer to making a final determination on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a …
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