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US-China trade needs to improve as much as their bilateral relationship deserves much better, but not at the present rate.
Ukraine thought it had endless Western money and weapons to help it fight Russia, until Trump's White House expressed a desire to make peace.
New US tariffs worry Asean as a third party – unless they are meant only for bargaining with the principals.
US-China relations have sunk so low in recent years that change for the better can now be expected, for everyone’s sake.
A common implicit understanding within Asean is that national interests derive from shared regional interests, which means not siding with one big power over another.
A new year is said to offer new opportunities, and the prospect of improved US-China ties is matched by Malaysia’s enthusiasm as Asean chair.
China’s depopulation trend is often said to be a looming crisis, but the policy options available suggest that fears are overdone.
Some of the US president-elect’s preferred candidates for key posts may seem bizarre, but there could be a method in the madness.
Once more, political bias in US mainstream media misrepresents voting realities on the ground.
Challenges facing Mekong River development deserve better attention throughout South-East Asia, while the solutions need urgent action.
Asean is a realities-grounded institution with certain strengths, which are hidden only to those who fail to appreciate them.
Western institutions like Goldman Sachs expect BRICS to dominate the world economy by 2050, but still cannot understand how it works despite its strengths.
Cool heads are needed among Asean partners in the current stormy waters of the South China Sea; heated confrontations will only leave everyone as losers.
With Brexit and China’s vastly enhanced stakes today, the attractions of Asian-led initiatives are obvious.
Western military force cannot challenge China’s economic strength to produce any safe, effective or acceptable result.
Filipinos claiming to be descendants of the last Sulu sultan are now using legal channels to demand billions from Malaysia over Sabah, but their challenges are considerable.
Sulu’s dispute over Sabah predates colonialism and has outlasted it, while its distortions persist to influence the current debate
The Philippines continues to fantasise about discredited claims to Sabah territory, which endangers its own position, its legitimacy as a republic, and its healthy relations with Malaysia.
For China and Malaysia, however, this is being challenged by the security incidents and active disputes in the South China Sea.
