Politics

Research Fellow Dr Rahman Yaacob say that like other Southeast Asian states, Malaysia does not view strategic partnerships through a binary lens and argues that Malaysia considers it possible to move closer to China without distancing itself from Australia.

Award-winning Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Sufyan Gulam Ismail argues that the UK Labour Party needs to show the Muslim constituency that it takes their concerns seriously and wins back hearts and minds as a matter of realpolitik and prudent electoral strategy.

According to Writer Fahad Khan, come November 2024, the struggle is real for US-based Muslim voters who find themselves hard-pressed to find alignment of values with mainstream party candidates.

According to Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko, in a recent meeting between his boss Murat Nurtleu and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, the European officials said that “Kazakhstan used to be in the middle of nowhere, and now it is in the middle of everywhere”. The summit in Astana has yet again shown that Kazakhstan continues to emerge as a middle power.

Retired ambassador and author Javid Husain argues that a lack cultural and political awareness with Afghani society and its neighbours, as well as an indiscriminate use of force by US-led NATO forces, which caused huge damage to properties and the loss of innocent lives, including women and children, led to a stunning strategic defeat not seen since Vietnam.

Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov concluded his visit to Afghanistan this week, amid a flurry of trade and investment deals signed between the two countries.

According to Tsinghua University’s National Institute of Strategic Studies Senior Researcher Taihe Think Tank Qian Feng, BRICS New Development Bank should be put to good use and support green infrastructure development for BRICS countries.

A proud moment for Pakistan as Waseem Butt has been unanimously elected as the first Muslim parliamentary leader of the Heidelberg Parliament following the 24 July 2024 election.