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The Intensifying US-Canada Trade War: A Product And Accelerant Of Inter-Imperialist Conflict

The trade war between the United States and Canada escalated sharply this week

2026-09-12 12:54:15 0 Comment 3970 view

Throwing Stones In A Glass House: PAS Raises US Interference While Keeping Mum On China

PAS President Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang’s recent claim that the party was offered support by the United States to topple the Barisan Nasional government in 2014 has raised serious questions across the political spectrum

2026-09-10 13:05:21 0 Comment 12735 view

Imperial Cannibalism: Why Washington’s Energy Coercion Will Fracture Its Own Alliance

The strategy currently unfolding in Washington relies on a fatal misconception: that global trade and energy networks can be used as a blunt-force instrument without destroying the very alliance structure that sustains American dominance

2026-08-18 12:21:21 0 Comment 11094 view

France Looks To Expand Cooperation With Malaysia In A Number of Strategic Sectors

France is aggressively expanding its economic footprint in Southeast Asia, positioning itself as a key partner in Malaysia’s high-tech and green energy ambitions during an official state visit this week

2026-07-10 02:21:10 0 Comment 18650 view

Malaysia And Japan In An Age Of Turbulence: Building Asia’s Next Strategic Partnership

The 31st Nikkei Forum remained at a strategic juncture amid rising great-power rivalry, renewed pressure on global trade, and continuing disruptions to energy security, critical sector competition, maritime tensions in the South China Sea, and instability in the Middle East and West Asia

2026-07-08 12:52:49 0 Comment 16206 view

How The Iran War Is Reshaping Global Energy Security And Geopolitics

The Iran war fits a pattern: the rise of energy as the lead national security issue for the global economy

2026-06-29 05:36:50 0 Comment 30143 view

The Quad Is Here To Stay

With eyes fixed on West Asia and Europe in managing turbulence and conflicts, the capacity and relevance of Quad have been called into question

2026-06-06 03:27:56 0 Comment 27258 view

Malaysia Opens Its Doors To The Americas With New Chamber Of Commerce To Boost Trade

KUALA LUMPUR – A market of over 672 million people and a trade corridor that remains vastly underutilized: that is the specific economic void the Latin American and Caribbean Chamber of Commerce (LACCC) Malaysia was founded to fill

2026-05-14 01:03:29 0 Comment 39626 view

Trump's Sahel Reset Banks On 'Sovereignty,' Guns + Minerals Deals

The State Department is conducting a new wave of outreach to three military-ruled Sahelian countries — Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger

2026-03-24 11:30:41 0 Comment 34649 view

Malaysian MP Questions Consistency Of Malaysia's Foreign Policy After US Warship Visit and Lynas-Pentagon Deal

A Malaysian lawmaker has called on the government to clarify what he describes as contradictions in the nation's foreign policy, following the recent docking of United States warships and a multi-million dollar defence supply deal involving an Australian rare-earths miner operating in the country

2026-03-20 05:29:46 0 Comment 45544 view

Trump's 'Commercial Diplomacy' Runs Into Violent Reality

Donald Trump is trying to make it easier for American businesses to access critical minerals and other resources across the Global South

2026-03-13 05:44:48 0 Comment 32923 view

The Supreme Court Did Trump A Favor In Southeast Asia

The Supreme Court’s monumental ruling against President Trump’s use of reciprocal tariffs per the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) holds significant implications for not only the administration’s trade policy, but its wider foreign policy as well

2026-03-03 07:41:35 0 Comment 34144 view

Tariff Deal Reflects Washington’s Supply-Chain Strategy, Says Malaysian Economist

A newly announced July 2025 “framework for reciprocal trade” between the United States and Indonesia reflects more than a routine tariff adjustment

2026-03-03 07:22:30 0 Comment 30700 view

Middle Powers Are Setting The Table So They Won't Be 'On The Menu'

The global order was already fragmenting before Donald Trump returned to the White House. But the upended “rules” of global economic and foreign policies have now reached a point of no return

2026-02-14 10:51:50 0 Comment 48462 view

Is Greenland Next? Denmark Says, Not So Fast

The Trump administration dramatically escalated its campaign to control Greenland in 2025

2026-01-15 06:37:46 0 Comment 51349 view

US Capital Investments For Something Other Than Beating China

Among the many elements of the draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) currently being debated in Congress is an amendment that would reauthorize the Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

2025-12-05 04:44:43 0 Comment 45044 view

Lockheed, N. Grumman Profit Off Delayed, Over-Budget Contracts

A new report finds that U.S. arms contractors’ revenues are surging, even as their programs are late and over budget, undermining military planning and drawing funds and resources away from other government priorities

2025-12-02 08:15:13 1 Comment 84379 view

Central Asia Doesn't Need Another Great Game

The November 6 summit between President Donald Trump and the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C. represents a significant moment in U.S.-Central Asia relations (C5+1)

2025-11-24 13:27:24 0 Comment 38619 view

Saudi Arabia Designated Major Non-NATO Ally Of US, Gets F-35 Warplanes Deal

President Donald Trump has designated Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally of the United States during a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington, DC, where the two leaders reached agreements covering arms sales, civil nuclear cooperation, artificial intelligence and critical minerals

2025-11-21 02:04:08 0 Comment 58395 view

Beyond Fear Of ART: Reading Malaysia’s Trade Deal With Strategic Clarity

When the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) released its statement on the US–Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), it captured a familiar national anxiety: the fear that Malaysia is losing control of its economic destiny

2025-11-19 08:16:03 0 Comment 44585 view