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Navigating the BRICS Storm: Separating Signal from Noise
Efforts to discredit BRICS are intensifying, mirroring the group’s own momentum. While constructive criticism is valuable, subjecting critique to critical analysis is equally vital as it helps us separate valid points from mere noise and better understand the underlying issues.
Eco-anxiety in Malaysia: The untold impact of climate change on mental health
ECO-ANXIETY, or climate anxiety, refers to the distress caused by climate change, where individuals grow increasingly anxious about their future.
Starmer's 'brick by brick' rebuilding of the UK faces huge obstacles
ONE of the first speeches by Keir Starmer, the 58th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was about the importance of all parties closing ranks.
Lifting ties to greater heights
Premier Li’s recent visit not only strengthens the rich and long China-Malaysia community relationship, but also a shared future.
Unravelling the complexity of brain drain
William James, a philosopher and psychologist and a key figure in the American scientific revolution at the dawn of the 20th century, once wrote about the importance of a nation collecting a “critical mass of men of genius” who could make an entire civilisation, not just their country, “vibrate and shake!”
Malaysian brain drain: Voices echoing through research
Analysis of extensive empirical research on the Malaysian brain drain highlights a persistent and substantial issue spanning several decades.
Time to stop irresponsible campaigns boycotting legitimate businesses
What gives random social media influencers and ambitious politicians the right to call for a boycott of a business that has not committed any crime?
The King and I
AL-SULTAN Abdullah of Pahang became the Agong, or King, at a time of profound change in the nation’s political landscape.
Give voters peace of mind
THE recently renewed call for a fixed parliament term has drawn a fierce debate among political players and observers. Would it be detrimental to democracy as its detractors have said? Would it even benefit the people?
Remedy against backdoor moves
WHILE the world has moved on from 2023 to 2024, Malaysian politics seems stuck in 2020 with the same storyline of toppling the existing government, with the latest in the series being the Dubai Move.
US-Israeli political exceptionalism must end
On Dec 29 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel with the International Justice Court, citing a breach of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Convention).
The Known Known of the Faux Pas of the US Veto On Gaza
IN THE Global War on Terror (GWOT), which the US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld later changed to the Global Prevention of Violent Extremism (GPVE), the former wrestler cum undergraduate scholar at Princeton University had bemoaned about the lack of success in 'terminating' the rank and file of Al Qaeda and the extremist groups in Iraq.