Opinion & Features

In its Summit for Democracy 2023 speech, US President Joe Biden praised ‘the bravery of Ukrainians’, but failed to even mention about Myanmar’s democratic resistance. It shows the US pursues its core interests, not values.   London: On March 30, […]

Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi || 31th January 2023 In this article, I will explain what I know, understand and fear from the the three approaches to Islam in Malaysia that competes against each other for the Malay Muslim […]

Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid | 11 May 2022   The lives of iconic Penang Malays make hugely interesting stories. Vocal, outspoken, occasionally incendiary but always significant, we need to reintroduce them to present and future generations of Malaysians. Much of […]

Emir Hadzikadunic || 6 May 2022   Conclusion The objective of this article was to provide an overview of the role of religion in Muslim majority states, in this case Islam, in their foreign policymaking. Notwithstanding its complex relationship with international […]

Emir Hadzikadunic || 28 April 2022   International level and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking Realists pay little attention to human or domestic factors in foreign policy analysis and focus instead on states as unitary and rational actors who […]

Emir Hadzikadunic || 17 April 2022   Domestic level and Islamic related constraints on foreign policymaking In addition to their individualities, leaders almost always face domestic constraints on foreign policymaking.[1]At this level, it is largely about two theoretical frameworks. On […]

SherAli Tareen || 11 April 2022   Among his many achievements, Imran Khan can also boast the unique honor of attracting detractors of remarkably varied stripes and persuasions. While some consider him a ‘Jewish Agent’ (an outright anti-Semitic framing), for […]

 Osman Softić || 7 April 2022   Pakistan has become embroiled in a deep political crisis which culminated late last week, prompting Pakistani president Arifur Rahman Alvi to dissolve parliament, thus circumventing the vote of no confidence motion in the […]

Maung Zarni || 2 April 2022   On March 21, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced a (Rohingya) “genocide determination.” The U.S. decision was largely welcomed by Rohingya survivors. Myanmar is a signatory to the interstate treaty Convention on […]

Maung Zarni || 15th March 2022   I have never been to either Petro’s Ukraine or Putin’s Russia. But the news of Putin’s conscript Russian army launching a full-scale invasion – deeply unpopular with the Russian people at home as […]