The Rafale shock and the new geometry of peace needed by Asean, Japan and South Korea
May 12, 2025MalayMail Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur If the Rafale incident represents a symbolic tilt in aerial supremacy from West to East, the aftershocks[…]
Anwar And Paetongtarn At Bukit KayuHitam: A New Chapter In Malaysia–Thailand Relations
May 11, 2025Bernama Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 (Bernama) — In the verdant borderlands of Bukit Kayu Hitam, where the rhythms[…]
Aerial showdown over South Asia: India, Pakistan, and the global arms race
May 8, 2025Malay Mail Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur MAY 8 — South Asia has once again become the epicenter of global attention. In what[…]
ASEAN needs both an EU FTA and zero-emissions community
May 7, 2025The Jakarta Post Phar Kim Beng Indonesia’s renewed drive to finalize its long-delayed trade agreement with the European Union, which is formally known[…]
Trump’s broken and flawed trade war algorithm
May 6, 2025Asia Times Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur Trump’s presidency behaves like a misfiring trading bot—sensitive to market fluctuations but lacking the stability or[…]
Duterte surges as Marcos flags ahead of crucial midterm polls
May 2, 2025ASIA TIMES Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur Family feud-fueled vote could herald Sara Duterte’s presidential rise and render Marcos Jr a lame duck[…]
The worst is not over — Trump’s tariff pause, market gloom, and the Asia-Pacific’s triple election test
May 1, 2025The Edge Malaysia Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur As 2025 unfolds in the first quarter with unsettling global undercurrents, three elections in the[…]
Singapore, Australia polls hint at geopolitical anxieties
May 1, 2025Malay Mail Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur The elections in Singapore and Australia tomorrow offer a window into the broader disquiet that besets[…]
Why ASEAN should push for a trade pact with the EU
Under the CBAM, foreign exporters in carbon-intensive sectors, such as steel, cement, aluminum and fertilizer, must purchase carbon certificates that mirror EU carbon pricing. April[…]
Asean must see US tariff pause for what it is – a trade hostage crisis
Aprill 27, 2025Malay Mail Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur By pausing tariffs instead of repealing them, Trump creates the illusion of flexibility while retaining coercive[…]