Building a new global compact: How Asean, Brics, GCC, CJK and the EU can shape a stable world
July 6, 2025Malay Mail Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur JULY 6 — When Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim touched down in Brazil this week[…]
Obliteration myth: no end, new beginning for Iran’s nuke quest
July 4, 2025Malay Mail Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur JULY 4 — The current state of international diplomacy is being shaped not by declarations etched[…]
Why the ARF cannot intervene in the Thai-Cambodian dispute
July 1, 2025The Jakarta PostPhar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur The ARF functions as a dialogue platform for confidence-building and preventive diplomacy, not as an adjudicator[…]
Malaysia quietly flying Turkish drones over South China Sea
Malaysia’s deployment of Turkish drones a strategic and calculated hedge against pressure to take US or Chinese sides June 27, 2025ASIA TIMESPhar Kim Beng, Kuala[…]
Ostensible ceasefire in Gaza, real and fictional, has made the ARF more important than ever — Phar Kim Beng and Lutfy Hamzah
US strikes failed to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s nuke program, as Trump claims, a symbolic blow that’s more political theater than military victory June 26, 2025ASIA TIMES[…]
Policing the region to protect the economy: Why Aseanpol must step up
July 26, 2025New Straits Times Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur f Asean does not act decisively, the region may well fall into a crime trap[…]
Dangerously unprepared Asean needs own nuclear ‘deterrence’
June 11, 2025New Straits Times Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur THE proliferation of nuclear powers in Asia is no longer confined to Cold War-era rivalries.[…]
The lesson Asean must draw from the Trump-Musk quarrel
June 7, 2025New Straits Times Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur THE public spat between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk should be viewed with detached[…]
Li Qiang’s realist pitch seeks to reset Sino-Japan ties
June 7, 2025ASIA TIMES Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur In a moment of diplomatic clarity that quickly gained traction across Chinese and international media, Chinese[…]
Asian Angle | Trump, Hegseth, Rubio: a triple threat to global stability – and Asia
June 7, 2025South China Morning Post Phar Kim Beng, Kuala Lumpur The Indo-Pacific cannot afford to become collateral damage in America’s descent from diplomacy into[…]