An Inevitable Response to the Israeli Occupation and Apartheid System
Israel has killed yet another Palestinian teenager! It happened at the Damascus Gate at the entrance of the Old City in occupied East Al-Quds...
The Islamization of Thailand
The perceived relative homogeneity of Thai culture and society is being challenged on multiple fronts today. So much has been said about the socio-economic...
EU-China Cooperation – Assessment of Key Policy Areas
This paper has a general and also a sectoral angle to analyse EU-China relations. Apart from putting this relationship into a general historical and...
Democratic debate: Pragmatism against idealism
The first Democratic debate was held the evening of October 13. The obvious winners, namely the candidates that prevailed and gained the impressions were...
Cabals, Feudalism, and Apartheid: Will these institutions damn Malaysia’s future prosperity?
“I am a businessman, not a politician” Tajuddin Abdul Rahman Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry at the opening of Herbal Asia, Matrade...
An Evolution in India-West Asia Relations
India’s relations with the West Asian countries are historical since the independence of India. India has interests in economic, political, security and strategic fields...
India and Pakistan Relations
On social media someone commented that “Two countries got independence from the British during 1947 in Asia. One reached Mars, while the other is...
A New Great Game in the Caspian: NATO and Russian Countermeasures
Russia has worked diligently to keep NATO from entering its perceived geostrategic territory, even if that comes at great personal cost to the nation,...
How bureaucracy is destroying Malaysia’s agricultural sector
Over the last 30 years, Malaysia has miraculously grown into a middle income country, transforming itself from a primary producer of minerals and commodities,...
Not Just About Assad: Explaining the Russian-Iranian Axis in Syria
Russia and Iran – both members of the Caspian Five – believe they have acted as a main force for stability in the Caspian...