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The Freya Mirage: Industrial Corruption And Technical Limits Doom Ukraine’s New Missile Shield

The announcement of the "Freya" anti-ballistic missile defence programme, touted by Kiev and its European backers as a lower-cost alternative to the American MIM-104 Patriot, is being framed as a breakthrough in sovereign air defence

2026-09-12 13:11:57 0 Comment 4682 view

The Erosion of the Flat-Top Pax: How Middle East Entanglements and Munition Shortages Signal a Shifting Global Order

For nearly eight decades, the forward-deployed United States aircraft carrier strike group served as the undisputed physical anchor of the international maritime order and Western deterrence

2026-08-25 13:59:39 0 Comment 11077 view

The Battle For Odessa: How Might Russia Reclaim Historical Black Sea City

The Black Sea has long served as a geopolitical fulcrum, a vital economic artery, and the ultimate strategic gateway connecting Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean and global trade routes

2026-08-18 09:21:38 0 Comment 20948 view

Trump, US On The Path To Disaster As Mid-Term Election Looms

The foundational promise of any nationalist platform is the preservation of domestic stability and the sensible preservation of state power

2026-08-04 05:07:39 0 Comment 13364 view

From Wildberries To Wildfire: Europe's Participation In Strikes On Russia Logistics Risks Massive Retaliation

The ongoing expansion of the Eastern European conflict has entered a deeply perilous phase with the systematic targeting of Russia's domestic commercial infrastructure

2026-08-04 02:33:04 0 Comment 14968 view

The Quiet Builder: Why Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Could Be Malaysia’s Next Prime Minister

In an era dominated by loud rhetoric, performative grandstanding, and political volatility, Malaysian politics has often felt like an endless cycle of headlines yielding little structural progress

2026-07-21 07:02:08 0 Comment 46790 view

The Cost Of Compromise: How Anwar Ibrahim Is Steering Pakatan Harapan Toward A Structural Collapse

The political consensus that brought Malaysia’s Unity Government to power was built on a promise of structural reform, institutional integrity, and a departure from the identity-driven politics of the past

2026-07-12 09:23:37 0 Comment 38378 view

Global Glove Industry Reaches Historic Milestone As MARGMA Soft-Launches 12th IRGCE 2026

Past successes alone will not guarantee the future of Malaysia’s rubber glove industry in an increasingly competitive and tightly regulated international market

2026-06-29 05:23:46 0 Comment 20894 view

The Shocking Reality Of Malaysia's Electricity Monopoly: Time To Unplug TNB’s Corporate Exploitation

There was a time when a spike in your monthly electricity bill could be shrugged off as a seasonal anomaly—a particularly hot month, an overworked air conditioner, or a festive season hosting family

2026-06-29 05:18:54 0 Comment 48186 view

IMSTYLO Launches Event Series Leading To Year-End RWA Festival, Bridging Creative IP With Global Ecosystems

IMSTYLO, a Swiss-based blockchain intellectual property (IP) platform operating under Stylo International, has officially announced its first series of events

2026-06-22 05:06:18 0 Comment 20030 view

Japan Extends SEA Military Presence Via Balikatan Exercise

The unprecedented participation of 1,400 Japanese combat soldiers in the seven-nation Balikatan Exercise 2026, the longstanding annual drill between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and US allies

2026-06-01 11:04:00 0 Comment 33127 view

Malaysia’s Judiciary Boosts Reputation On Najib Verdict

Amid the relative detritus of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s struggling government, one bright thing stands out, and that’s the performance of the country’s judiciary, which seems to have found its bearings after the years of political destruction by former premier Mahathir Mohamed and others

2026-01-06 13:18:33 2 Comment 71961 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

Europe's Race To Net-Zero - And Total Self-Destruction?

In 1992, global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions stood at 22.3 billion metric tons. By 2024, they had reached a record high of 37.4 billion tons— an increase of nearly 68 percent

2025-11-08 13:01:19 0 Comment 41896 view

The West’s War on Global Shipping Risks a Global Food Crisis

Efforts by Western powers to interfere with global shipping in the name of punishing or inconveniencing Russia are fast becoming a threat not just to Moscow, but to the entire global economy

2025-10-15 03:47:29 0 Comment 71686 view

MIER Has Gone Soft: From Think Tank To Ticket Counter

The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) was once a key node in the country’s economic policy infrastructure

2025-10-08 01:50:29 0 Comment 78975 view

Commemorating The "Second Victory": The End Of WW2 In Asia

While the end of World War 2 (WW2) has been endlessly discussed in light of the 80th anniversary of the fall of Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945, the global conflict stretched on for several more bloody months in Asia where Fascist Japan fought to the bitter end from the islands of the Pacific to the plains of Manchuria and jungles of Southeast Asia with the war finally ending on Sept. 3, 1945

2025-09-04 04:07:54 0 Comment 79536 view

Recalibrating Alignments: Bangladesh, D-8 And Malaysia’s Foreign Policy Crossroads

In the rapidly shifting landscape of Asian diplomacy, Bangladesh’s reported interest in joining ASEAN is more than a routine regional overture — it could signal the stirrings of a deeper realignment among Muslim-majority nations

2025-08-07 09:51:11 0 Comment 75375 view

MIER’s Struggles Are Not About Funding — They Are About Relevance

The recent piece titled “MIER struggling to stay afloat” has generated waves of sympathy for Malaysia’s oldest economic think tank

2025-07-15 01:56:31 0 Comment 73338 view

The Never-Ending Saga At MIER

The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), once the crown jewel of policy-oriented research in Malaysia, is now little more than an empty shell

2025-06-13 13:16:57 0 Comment 92318 view