AIRBORNE ASSAULT TO OCCUPY ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?
Malaysia experienced a shocking incident on 31 May 2021. China’s People Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) flew 16 multi role strategic airlifters, consisting of Ilyushin Il-76 and Xian Y-20 aircraft, over Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters and the South Luconia Shoals (Beting Pattingi Ali), and reached about 60 miles off Sarawak. The Royal Malaysian […]
MALAYSIA’S SOUTH CHINA SEA POLICY UNDER PERIKATAN NASIONAL
Malaysia’s South China Sea (SCS) policy under the current Perikatan Nasional (PN) Government is largely consistent with its previous approach except for some minor recalibration. This article opined that although Malaysia continues to pursue a “low-profile” approach by de-emphasising the problem and suppressing nationalist sentiment over the issue, it does however, selectively display increased willingness […]
THE US MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN: IMPACT FOR CHINA
US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s attacks on Washington and New York. The U.S. military had been occupying Afghanistan since October 2001 when the former administration of President George Bush Jr. sent troops to occupy Afghanistan to fight […]
SECURITY CONUNDRUM FOR ASEAN
ASEAN, referred as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional grouping that was first shaped by five leaders of Southeast Asia (SEA) – Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Despite some level of anxiety amongst these countries, ASEAN was successfully shaped to collectively contain the spread of communism. The signing of the […]
SINO – MALAYSIA RELATION IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
When Perikatan Nasional (PN) under Muhyiddin Yassin took over the government on March 2020, the long-time politician was left with a very difficult situation to manage. Not only he needs to ensure regime legitimacy of the coalition, but he also needs to navigate the country carefully to avoid being swept away by the treacherous currents […]
ISRAELI AIRCRAFT IN MALAYSIA: UNDERSTANDING THE HAVOC IN THE BASIS OF SENTIMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
In light of ongoing disputes and conflict between the Palestine and Israel, Israel has been under heavy scrutiny by international community especially the Muslim’s. Malaysia is one the countries that consistently supports the plight of the Palestinians and condemn the atrocity by the regime towards Palestine people in Gaza. In fact, Malaysia does not recognise […]
AUSTRALIA – MALAYSIA COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: ELEVATING STRATEGIC DEFENCE COOPERATION?
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and a less publicised event, both Australia and Malaysia have elevated their Strategic Partnership to the highest level with the launching of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) on 27 January 2021. There are many areas that the CSP can benefit both countries such as in agriculture and food […]