Yearly Archives: 2020

2nd Wave COVID-19: MALAYSIA’S RESPONSE THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF DISTRUPTIVE EVENTS.

In less than six months, Malaysia enters its second wave in battling COVID-19. The weeks of two-digit reported cases have spiked into three-digit cases. Worst, 691 cases alone were reported on October 6th, the highest number ever reported. Something could have gone miscalculated since Malaysia managed to keep two digit reported cases for few months. […]

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YOUTH IN POLITICS: A POSITIVE DISRUPTOR?

The Malaysian politics is showing no signs of cooling down. Power struggle is a common drive for most political actors at the expense of the people. Much has been said that the Gen Y and millenials are known to be disruptors to technology and economy in 2020 era. More youth are motivated to dis-align with […]

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POSITIONING MALAYSIA IN THE REALM OF GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY

ABSTRACT   The U.S. – China Trade War drives the world economy to be fragile with many alarming shocks and tribulation. In September 2019, the trade war escalated further with new tariffs imposed by the U.S., affecting USD112 billion of Chinese Goods. Consequently, additional U.S. tariff amounting to USD160 billion of Chinese goods are set […]

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ANALYSING CHINA’S RISE vis-à-vis Malaysia’s Interest

China’s rise should be seen as a normal behavior of a great power nation. The debate whether China is already surpassing the United States or otherwise should not centre in the discussion of International Relations. It was already a great power in the history of several dynasties, and should be contemporarily framed as an ascending […]

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NEVER-ENDING POLITICAL TURMOIL: THE NEW NORMAL FOR MALAYSIA?

IMPORTANT CHRONOLOGY:   9th May 2018: The results of 14th General Election was assumed as the new dawn for Malaysia and its politics. For the first time in history, undefeated Barisan Nasional coalition since 1965 lost to Pakatan Harapan. Malaysians presume to have a New Malaysia when winning Pakatan Harapan initiates reforms.   23rd February […]

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POLITICS OF HOPE AND ASSURANCE

Watching and learning communiques of nation leaders in times of crisis is exciting. We learn and analyse the message, but most important to understand the leadership perspectives of a leader. In times of COVID-19, I compare communiques of some political and civil servants persona. Based on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed’s interview with foreign journalist (Bloomberg, April […]

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COVID-19: WHY ARE WE SO RESTLESS?

Weeks before COVID-19 breaks out, there is circulation of anime posters “Why Malaysians Wont Survive The Zombie Attack”. At that point of time, Malaysians regarded it as a mimic, depicting the ugly truth of our society. Most of them are relatable. It is only a matter of time the panic rush appear, COVID-19 alters our […]

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COVID-19 DAN EKONOMI TEMPATAN

Kita harus memahami, Ekonomi dunia bergantung rapat kepada kedudukan Amerika Syarikat dan China. Khususnya di Asia, kebergantungan terhadap China sangat tinggi kerana kuasa China sebagai pemodal (foreign direct investment, aide), pengeluar (manufacturing capacity) dan juga pengguna (consumer in tourism industry).

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