Phar Kim Beng
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No more veto power? No way! (opens the original)
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Malaysia’s foreign minister Mohamad Hasan has raised one of the oldest and most uncomfortable questions surrounding the United Nations: why should five countries possess the power to prevent the UN Security Council from acting? His argument that the veto should be challenged and ultimately abolished deserves serious attention. Expanding the Security Council alone cannot resolve its structural weaknesses. More countries sitting around the table will mean little if five permanent members — China,
Close ties bring benefits beyond diplomacy (opens the original)
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The search for Malaysians reported missing after the devastating flash floods in Nepal is, first and foremost, a humanitarian emergency. Families need information, while Malaysian officials must work through damaged infrastructure, disrupted communications and some of the world’s most difficult terrain in the world. But beyond the immediate rescue effort, the disaster offers an important foreign-policy lesson. Malaysia needs strong relations with Nepal, China and India simultaneously. Such relat
War in the Gulf can cause pain in Asean (opens the original)
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The repeated disruptions and blockades in the Strait of Hormuz have transformed what was once viewed as a temporary geopolitical crisis into a structural vulnerability for Asean. Rather than being an isolated conflict in the Persian Gulf, the continuing instability has exposed how deeply Southeast Asia’s prosperity remains intertwined with the uninterrupted flow of energy, commodities and maritime trade. The latest escalation involving renewed attacks on commercial shipping demonstrates that the
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