Collins Chong

Asean must change or face irrelevance

THE recently concluded 42nd Asean Summit and Related Meetings in Indonesia remain the most critical crossroads for the immediate and long-term relevance and fate of Asean’s role in the region and beyond. ...

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Our counter-terrorism efforts are effective

THE recent worry over the presence of a group linked to the Islamic State in Malaysia and the potential larger threat of terrorism in the country deserves to be matters of concern and priority, but our ...

Anwar’s Madani concept is intended to create a new culture and mindset, with a new push for the reform agenda. – BERNAMAPIC

Adopt Madani values into policies

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has created a solid foundation with clear policies to focus on good governance, ethical policymaking and eradicating corruption, among others, sparking a new sense ...

BANGKOK, Feb 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail arrived at Military Air Terminal 2 on a two-day official visit to Thailand starting today. BERNAMAPIX

Thailand a crucial geostrategic friend

PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to Thailand marks the first circle of priority for Malaysia’s foreign policy which is centred on Asean and strengthening regional partnerships. Malaysia-Thailand ...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo (right). Pix credit: Instagram/Jokowi

Strong ties vital against common challenges

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s (pix) crucial official visit to Indonesia that just ended signalled Malaysia’s intent to prioritise the immediate region and crucial neighbours in strengthening ...

This screen grab from a video by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on August 4, 2022 made available on the Eurovision Social Newswire (ESN) platform via AFPTV shows a missile being fired during a Chinese military exercise in China on August 4, 2022. AFPPIX

China’s harsh response and new normal are risky

UNITED States House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip is used as the needed pretext for Beijing to initiate greater strategic and bellicose actions in forcing Taiwan’s hands with starker threats ...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) shakes hands with Hiroyuki Hosoda, speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, during a meeting in Tokyo on August 5, 2022. AFPPIX

Is Pelosi’s trip strategically justified?

CROSS-STRAIT tensions have been decades in the making and United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to defy stark threats and warnings from Beijing marks a new milestone in ...

A general view of an empty street in Taipei, Taiwan. – REUTERSPIX

Can Taipei escape Beijing’s claws?

THE Cross-Strait ties are poised to determine the outcome of future power parity in the region and the prospects of greater all-out conflict.

The increased incursions and classic buzzing playbook have again ...

The escalating Indo-Pacific security dilemma

THE hypersonic missile test on Tuesday by North Korea, the second such test in a week, has caused reverberations across the region and beyond.

The US has again strongly opposed such tests, describing them ...

Early prevention steps crucial for recovery

AS we near the end of 2021, hopes and aspirations of a better setting ahead have been marred by the sudden emergence of the Omicron variant and rising prices of goods, with growing risks of eventual inflationary ...