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Oct 30, 2025
Antara Diam dan Pembebasan: Menilai Semula Kenetralan ASEAN
Pada tahun 2025, Malaysia sekali lagi memegang tampuk Pengerusi ASEAN—buat kali kelima dalam sejarah. Kali ini, ia bertepatan dengan ulang tahun ke-70 Persidangan Bandung 1955, satu detik bersejarah yang menyatukan solidariti Afro-Asia dalam menentang penjajahan dan imperialisme. Namun ironisnya, pada tahun yang sama, pentadbiran Presiden Trump mencetuskan ‘perang perdagangan’ terhadap seluruh dunia—termasuk pulau-pulau terpencil yang hanya dihuni penguin—sekali gus menyingkap wajah sebenar sistem kapitalis global yang masih terikat pada warisan kolonial dan dominasi imperialis yang dipimpin oleh Amerika Syarikat.

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Oct 30, 2025
Antara Diam dan Pembebasan: Menilai Semula Kenetralan ASEAN
Pada tahun 2025, Malaysia sekali lagi memegang tampuk Pengerusi ASEAN—buat kali kelima dalam sejarah. Kali ini, ia bertepatan dengan ulang tahun ke-70 Persidangan Bandung 1955, satu detik bersejarah yang menyatukan solidariti Afro-Asia dalam menentang penjajahan dan imperialisme. Namun ironisnya, pada tahun yang sama, pentadbiran Presiden Trump mencetuskan ‘perang perdagangan’ terhadap seluruh dunia—termasuk pulau-pulau terpencil yang hanya dihuni penguin—sekali gus menyingkap wajah sebenar sistem kapitalis global yang masih terikat pada warisan kolonial dan dominasi imperialis yang dipimpin oleh Amerika Syarikat.

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Oct 29, 2025
AI Slop I: Pollution in Our Communication Environment
AI slop – low quality AI-generated content – has inundated our communication environment. How bad is the situation? Why is there so much sloppy content?

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Oct 29, 2025
AI Slop I: Pollution in Our Communication Environment
AI slop – low quality AI-generated content – has inundated our communication environment. How bad is the situation? Why is there so much sloppy content?

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Oct 27, 2025
Inviting trouble: Data centre investments not worth it
As data centres increasingly faced growing bipartisan pushback in the US, developers have turned to developing countries, thus ‘outsourcing’ problems to poorer nations with even more limited resources

OP-ED
Oct 27, 2025
Inviting trouble: Data centre investments not worth it
As data centres increasingly faced growing bipartisan pushback in the US, developers have turned to developing countries, thus ‘outsourcing’ problems to poorer nations with even more limited resources

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Oct 22, 2025
Shouting After the Rain: Why We Can Be Solving the Wrong Problems
This article explores how misdiagnosing problems leads to ineffective or harmful solutions. Through personal experience and examples, the Cobra Effect, WWII aircraft strategy, and education policy, it emphasizes the need for awareness, accurate diagnosis, and outcome-based incentives. True progress begins with asking: are we solving the real problem?

OP-ED
Oct 22, 2025
Shouting After the Rain: Why We Can Be Solving the Wrong Problems
This article explores how misdiagnosing problems leads to ineffective or harmful solutions. Through personal experience and examples, the Cobra Effect, WWII aircraft strategy, and education policy, it emphasizes the need for awareness, accurate diagnosis, and outcome-based incentives. True progress begins with asking: are we solving the real problem?

Views
Oct 14, 2025
Strengthening East Asian Cooperation via ASEAN?
Global South cooperation arrangements must evolve to better respond to pressing contemporary and imminent challenges, rather than risk being irrelevant straitjackets stuck in the past.

OP-ED
Oct 14, 2025
Strengthening East Asian Cooperation via ASEAN?
Global South cooperation arrangements must evolve to better respond to pressing contemporary and imminent challenges, rather than risk being irrelevant straitjackets stuck in the past.
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Eleanor Wikstrom
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Stephanie Hsu
Tan Hui Hui
Kelvin Ling Shyan Seng
Khairin Ilaina Mohamed Amin
Govind Nirav Rao
C. Hari S. Shankar
Afifah Ahmad
Elisabeth Chan Wen Yi
Nurrdinan Serena Amer Sharaffudin
Nurhanina Zaharin
Dr Amirah 'Aisha Badrul Hisham
Nur Hannani Abd Ghafar
Tehleel Nazir
Yee Suet Ee
Balqis Athirah Azhar
Shukri Mohamed Khairi
Nurul Farhana Abdul Shukor
Aidil Farhan Jasrie Arman Sany
Amirah Syazwani Ahmad Junaidi
Dinie Joshry Shaqeel Prakash
Ts Dr Amirah Aisha Badrul Hisham
Professor Joseph Eugene Stiglitz
K. Kuhaneetha Bai
Nadia Malyanah Azman
Siti Maisarah Zainurin
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Malini Elango
Aqeel Khaldun
Belinda Liew Ai Ching
Muhammad Khairulamri Muhammad
Nicholas Khaw
Nur Zulaikha Atiqah Mohd Zahril
Dr Diana Abdul Wahab
Dr Umawathy Techanamurthy
Bryan Yeoh Quan Jin
Wan Manan Wan Muda
Alyssa Chua Lee-Yen
Goh Ming Jun
Mohan Mahadeva
Yap Chun Hao
Syafa Sakinah Mustaffa
Ammar Hanania Hazli Izma
Dr Yunus Yasin
Dato’ Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir
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Datuk Hisham Hamdan
Khazanah Research Institute
Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Tan Mei Yi
Emir Izat Abdul Rashid
Lim Han Hsuen
Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi
Musaddiq Adam Muhtar
Nur Adilah Hamid
Chakrin Utit
Bach Nguyen Luong
Zainab Ali Ahmad
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Rokiah Alavi
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Abdulla Ibragimov
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Pierre Sauvé
Tan Theng Theng
Charissa Lee Yi Zhen
Yap Gin Bee
Tan Kar Man
Junaidi Mansor
Alia Muhammad Radzi
Yeu-Mynn Yeung
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Wong Ee Kin
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Maia Hollins-Kirk
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Keelea Shaye Linsuau Soh
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Daniel Filippi
Azlin Natasha Mohd Ghazali
Balqis Athirah Azhar
Dr Sarena Che Omar
Aqeel Khaldun (University of St Andrews)
Aidil Iman Aidid
Nurul Farhana Abdul Shukor
Nur Thuraya Sazali
Yugendran Rajaendran
Putera Daniel Hakeem
Siti Aiysyah Tumin
Laventhen Sivashanmugam
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Jan 29, 2019
Strengthening Our Institutions – the Next Mile in Malaysia’s Development Journey


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Jan 29, 2019
Strengthening Our Institutions – the Next Mile in Malaysia’s Development Journey
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Allen Ng
Jan 29, 2019
Jan 29, 2019
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Jan 9, 2019
Economic Impact of Foreign Workers in Malaysia: An Objective Review


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Jan 9, 2019
Economic Impact of Foreign Workers in Malaysia: An Objective Review
Economic Growth & Structure
Digital & Gig Economy
Allen Ng
Jan 9, 2019
Jan 9, 2019
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Dec 12, 2018
The School-to-Work Transition of Young Malaysians


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Dec 12, 2018
The School-to-Work Transition of Young Malaysians
Demography
Dr Mohd Amirul Rafiq Abu Rahim
Dec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018
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Nov 27, 2018
Improving Income Inequality: Fact or Fiction?


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Nov 27, 2018
Improving Income Inequality: Fact or Fiction?
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Allen Ng
Nov 27, 2018
Nov 27, 2018
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Nov 1, 2018
Beyond Inflation: How Rising Costs of Living Affects Different Malaysian Households


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Nov 1, 2018
Beyond Inflation: How Rising Costs of Living Affects Different Malaysian Households
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Allen Ng
Nov 1, 2018
Nov 1, 2018
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Oct 19, 2018
Different Realities of Household Incomes


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Oct 19, 2018
Different Realities of Household Incomes
Economic Growth & Structure
Labour Trends & Youth Employment
Allen Ng
Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018
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Reports
Oct 15, 2018
The State of Households 2018: Different Realities


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Oct 15, 2018
The State of Households 2018: Different Realities
Health, Nutrition & Public Health
Allen Ng
Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018
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Oct 8, 2018
Malaysia’s Trade Governance at a Crossroads


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Oct 8, 2018
Malaysia’s Trade Governance at a Crossroads
Health, Nutrition & Public Health
International Trade
Pierre Sauvé
Oct 8, 2018
Oct 8, 2018
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Oct 1, 2018
Time to Think About Time


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Oct 1, 2018
Time to Think About Time
Society
Dr Christopher Choong Weng Wai
Oct 1, 2018
Oct 1, 2018
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Some individuals seek mental health support from their AI companions, and it is more likely for an individual to engage an AI companion during times of emotional vulnerability or mental fragility, for example when experiencing work stress, job loss, or relationship turmoil4

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December 3, 2025
AI Companionship I: Psychological Impacts
AI companions are generative AI models that emulate empathy and emotional support. In this article, we explore the psychological impacts of AI companionship.
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