More: AsiaPacific
The North Korean nuclear issue
In 1980, on the eve of the final decline of the Soviet-style centralized economies, North Korea - officially called the Democratic People’s Republic of...
Why Malaysian universities are performing poorly
Malaysian public universities have dropped in the Times Higher Education University Rankings over the last few years. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) made 87th position...
Challenges and Opportunities for Russia after the North Korean Hydrogen Bomb Test
Even in situations where diplomatic negotiations over the North Korean nuclear weapons program are handled in a largely bilateral level, there is still often...
Can the ASEAN Economic Community be a success?
After almost two decades of discussion, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be proclaimed on 31st December. The AEC is a potentially significant and...
War transforms once more: The rise of a new type of warfare in the pacific
Klaouzevits, had warned us almost two centuries ago, war is a chameleon, it changes its form constantly, hiding his phase and transforming from one...
China’s Insecurity
China is one of the major global powers in the world, and its economy is the second largest next to the US. However, its...
The US strategic bet on India for a pivot Asia-Pacific Strategy
The geopolitical, geostrategic and the economic, significance of the Asia-Pacific region makes it an apple of everybody’s eye involving many powers struggling for the...
Beijing -Taipei Rapprochement or Rhetoric
Having series of conflicts, crisis and tensions in Taiwan Strait, it seems land bodies around the blue water are willing to forge a peace...
The execution of Bernard Then during APEC shows impotence to terrorism
The world is still in mourning for the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris a few days ago. The execution of a Malaysian citizen Bernand...
Malaysia in political stalemate
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib is facing accusations of fraud with the 1MDB fiasco, and the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaaribuu, while the economy...