The question of whether the world gained from the ASEAN and Related Summits of 2025 invites a dual response — yes and no. Summits are not designed to end wars; they are meant to contain them, to keep tensions within diplomatic boundaries, and to buy time for engagement before mistrust turns into mayhem. No one…
Apabila Presiden Donald Trump mengarahkan serangan udara terancang — dipercayai dengan kerjasama Israel — terhadap fasiliti nuklear Iran di Fordow, Natanz dan Isfahan pada pertengahan Jun 2025, kesannya tidak hanya terbatas kepada geopolitik. Ia turut melibatkan bencana saintifik, alam sekitar dan kemanusiaan. Serangan terhadap tapak-tapak yang telah diperkuatkan ini, sebahagiannya tertanam sedalam 80 meter ke…
When President Donald Trump ordered coordinated airstrikes—likely in concert with Israel—on Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan in mid-June 2025, the reverberations were not just geopolitical. They were scientific, environmental, and humanitarian. The attack on these fortified nuclear sites, some buried 80 meters deep into Iranian mountains, was reportedly executed using GBU-57 Massive…
Penahanan bekas Presiden Filipina, Rodrigo Duterte, atas waran Mahkamah Jenayah Antarabangsa (ICC) menandakan titik perubahan besar dalam landskap politik negara itu. Peristiwa ini bukan sahaja menimbulkan persoalan mengenai akauntabiliti dan keadilan, tetapi juga berisiko menggugat kestabilan Filipina, terutama ketika negara itu bersiap sedia untuk mengambil alih jawatan Pengerusi ASEAN pada 2026. Walaupun Malaysia akan menjadi…
The future of European security depends on recognizing that cooperative security is the only sustainable approach to preventing conflict. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) provides a ready-made framework for de-escalation, but it has remained underutilized in favour of North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) threat-based security architecture. The result has been perpetual security…
The Perpetual Mirage of Alliances In the annals of global politics, alliances have oscillated between being indispensable instruments of security and precarious entanglements that often lead to unintended consequences. The recent Ukrainian peace conference in Saudi Arabia serves as a poignant reminder that diplomatic endeavors, regardless of their scale, seldom precipitate immediate transformations in the…
Recidivism, in clear and simple terms is the inclination of a criminal to re-offend. While tariffs are within the sovereign right of any country, the looseness by which the United States (US) is applying it on the likes of Canada and Mexico suggests a definite loss of economic discipline. The current international trading system averages…
By emblazoning the word, “KKK,” which is often attributed to Ku Klax Klan, a white supremacist group in the United States (US) the book’s title seemed to suggest a direct provocation. A visceral one at that. Yet this book is anything but. Instead it gave a powerful Tour De Force into the life of the…
If terrorism is partly performative, a form of theatre, the tit-for-tat between Israel and Iran has all the embodiments of a sublime art form. How ? In normal circumstances, wars are launched with total stealth to maximize the element of surprise. One of the most important dimensions of warfare, whether it is staged by the…
Edited by Rajah Rasiah, Azirah Hashim and Jaswant Sidhu A Book Review “Show me the book the man reads, I will proceed to show you the man,” affirmed George Bernard Shaw. While there is much truism to what Shaw may have once said, “Contesting Malaysia’s Integration into the World Economy,” as edited by Rajah Rasiah,…
