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Trump Goes To China A Supplicant Amid A Distrustful Asia

It is more in sorrow than anger that much of East and Southeast Asia perceives the US under Donald Trump to be drifting all too rapidly away

2026-05-14 00:57:56 0 Comment 4063 view

No Need For Extra Burdensome GST On Lower And Middle-Income Groups

Former health minister and Umno member Khairy Jamaluddin, popularly known as KJ, has renewed calls for the government to reinstate the goods and services tax (GST) that the Pakatan Harapan government ended back in 2018

2026-05-14 00:53:13 0 Comment 3665 view

From Missiles to Micro-Drones: Why Short-Range Air Defense Matters Again

The latest conflict in the Middle East, which began on February 28, vividly illustrated key trends in the evolution of air offensives

2026-04-26 05:06:43 0 Comment 22435 view

Foolish Provocations: Baltic States Rushing Headlong Into Conflict

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania sit on the front line of Europe’s confrontation with Russia, but they do so from a position of profound material weakness

2026-04-26 02:13:44 0 Comment 14192 view

Why Peace With Iran Is Still Within Reach

President Donald Trump’s blockade appears to be part of a broader effort to maintain leverage, negotiate from a position of strength, and press Tehran into a weaker bargaining position while cutting off its economic lifeline

2026-04-22 05:42:02 0 Comment 10120 view

US Actions Prove It Is Dangerous To Enemies But Fatal To Allies

For decades, the United States has wrapped itself in the rhetoric of shared values, liberal order, and mutual defense. But beneath that glossy surface lies a far uglier reality

2026-04-10 09:07:03 0 Comment 18676 view

If Victor Chin Has Run Away, Abu Hanifah Noordin Should Be Accountable: MCW

NexG Bhd Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Datuk Abu Hanifah Noordin must take responsibility to come forward to provide an explanation regarding the RM303.7 million expenditure between November 2024 and September 2025, which is when Victor Chin Boon Long became the company's Chief Operating Officer (COO)

2026-04-04 04:06:52 0 Comment 16506 view

THAAD, Tomahawk, And Arrow Missiles All Running Low In Iran War

The prestigious British Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has released a damning report on the abysmal state of U.S. and Israeli stockpiles since the Iran war began on February 28

2026-03-31 11:50:04 0 Comment 33859 view

Cracks In The Sand: Gulf Monarchies’ Economic And Geopolitical Peril

The Arab Gulf’s glittering skylines were built on a simple promise: stability in exchange for prosperity

2026-03-31 09:46:40 0 Comment 18356 view

A Strategic Drift: Why The US Must Rebalance Before It Is Too Late

Great powers rarely fail because they lack strength. More often, they falter because they misallocate it

2026-03-24 11:44:15 0 Comment 16928 view

The Quiet Retreat: Why the US Is Losing the Information Battle In Malaysia

Influence is rarely lost in a single moment. More often, it fades quietly, ceded not through decisive defeat but through absence

2026-03-24 10:12:42 0 Comment 18174 view

Steel On The Seas: Why Trump’s Golden Fleet Is The New Peacekeeper

The unveiling of the USS Defiant Trump Class battleship plan during the Golden Fleet announcement at Mar-a-Lago last December 2025, marked a new pivotal shift in power parity for the world, and in empowering the naval power gap for Washington

2026-03-11 11:36:35 0 Comment 31855 view

The Unfolding Catastrophe: America's War Of Choice Against Iran

The latest US military action against Iran represents a profound and perilous escalation that extends far beyond the immediate theater of conflict

2026-03-03 07:31:38 0 Comment 30287 view

Oreshnik And The Return Of Saturation Strike Warfare

Among the many weapons systems to emerge from the Ukraine conflict and its wider strategic shadow, few have generated as much unease as Russia’s reported Oreshnik missile

2026-01-30 13:15:03 0 Comment 66095 view

Europe’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis And The Perils Of Strategic Dependence

In the unfolding geopolitical drama of the 21st century, few strategic choices have been as consequential — and as quietly damaging — as the European Union’s near-total severing of its energy ties with Russia

2026-01-30 12:47:58 0 Comment 49267 view

Will NATO Survive Trump?

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump threatened to place new punitive tariffs on European allies until they acquiesce to his designs on Greenland, an escalation of his ongoing attempts to acquire the large Arctic island for the United States

2026-01-21 04:32:24 0 Comment 36630 view

Europe’s Panic Economy: Frozen Assets, Empty Arsenals, And The Quiet Admission Of Defeat

When a prime minister tells her own staff to rest because next year will be much worse, it is not gallows humor

2026-01-15 06:33:15 1 Comment 49739 view

Avian Flu in South Korea Is a Warning Shot for Asia’s Food Security

South Korea’s renewed struggle with avian influenza is more than a domestic agricultural problem

2026-01-06 13:08:10 0 Comment 51548 view

U.S. National Security Strategy Keeps Allies In And China Out

The new U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) marks a decisive and strategic revival of “America First 2.0,” representing a more refined, sharper and far more ideologically laden shift with practical impact and stronger assurances to the U.S. as compared to Biden's 2022 version

2025-12-29 12:38:17 0 Comment 36679 view

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘Narco-State’ The US Virtually Ignores

On November 26, soldiers of the Presidential Guard took power in yet another West African country

2025-12-22 09:40:27 0 Comment 45479 view