Is human rights a Western construct?
DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING By DENNIS IGNATIUS The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting produced an opportunity to further the agenda of human …
Category Archives: International Affairs
Re-alignment in Malaysia’s Middle East policy?
Friday June 24, 2011 DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING By DENNIS IGNATIUS Current developments in the Arab world can provide both challenges and opportunities …
Why do Australia’s dirty work?
Thursday May 12, 2011 Diplomatically Speaking By Dennis Ignatius The problem of asylum seekers is a serious one and Malaysia is …
Freedom is not a straight line
Friday April 1, 2011 DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING By DENNIS IGNATIUS The writing’s on the wall for Arab leaders: if they want to …
Democratic nations must stand with the people of Egypt
[David Kilgour & Dennis Ignatius, Epoch Times February 10th 2011] There is something invidious, even shameful, about the Western response …
Arab citizens marching to the beat of their own drums
Thursday February 3, 2011 Diplomatically Speaking By DENNIS IGNATIUS THE mass demonstrations that continue to rock the Middle East are …
Tunisia: daring to dream
There was something electrifying about watching yet another nation rising up against tyranny. The uprising in Tunisia, carried by Al …
Wikileaks: exposing the hypocrisy of nations
FOR the past several weeks, WikiLeaks has treated the world to an insider’s view of the diplomatic process. We …
The Israeli connection to 1Malaysia
The latest statements by Nazri Abdul Aziz concerning the ongoing APCO saga only adds to the strangeness of the whole …
Descending into gutter politics
If you take the time to read all the statements and remarks that fill our political space these days, all …
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