Director (Special Projects), Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia • Malaysian foreign relations, Asian security, South China Sea.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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AI chips worth $12.1 million seized at Malaysia airport, customs agency says reuters.com/world/china/ai-c…
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While in #Malaysia, the team from DKI APCSS visited the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), where they met with Shahriman Lockman, Director for Special Projects, who attended attended several workshops at the Center. Director Suzy Vares-Lum discussed areas of mutual collaboration and the opportunities presented by the Center for their distinguished security professionals at future courses.
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You've read a lot about how much China reduced extreme poverty but without much international recognition Indonesia hasn’t been far behind the Chinese! Respect.
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More than a dozen US companies are exploring opportunities in Malaysia’s rare earths industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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EXCLUSIVE: AirAsia in talks with Malaysian government over potential funding support, sources say reut.rs/4B3adS1 reut.rs/4B3adS1
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Thailand approved an extra 3.5 billion baht in September 2026 for its army, navy and air force to buy weapons, replace supplies and repair equipment following clashes along the Cambodian border.
Thailand’s Joint Information Center on the Thailand-Cambodia Situation placed the September border alert at level 1.5, between green and yellow, indicating heightened monitoring while conditions remained calm.
The Defence Ministry also ordered tighter checks on drones and components after reports of surveillance flights from the Cambodian side.
#Thailand #Cambodia #Defence #TheNationThailand #TheNation
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🎙️1MDB is usually remembered as a story of stolen state funds - billions moved through offshore structures to finance political power, luxury assets and a Hollywood film.
The more consequential chapter came after the theft was exposed: the story shifted from kleptocracy and professional enablers to alleged inflated infrastructure deals, Belt and Road projects, Kuwait-based laundering routes, and China's strategic interest in Malaysia.
In this episode of #STRPodcast, journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown tells @keatingetom how a domestic corruption scandal became a case study in how financial vulnerability opens the door to foreign leverage.
Listen: bit.ly/4hBEmPA
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One assumes that morale is now rather chirpier at Pejambon.
Indonesia's Prabowo appoints new foreign minister reut.rs/4zc9dJK reut.rs/4zc9dJK
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Didn’t expect mining and quarrying to have a larger capital stock than manufacturing, but it makes sense given the capital intensity of O&G.
Aset tetap terkumpul bersih Malaysia berjumlah RM3.7 trilion pada 2025.
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1/ New from me: Chinese diplos scrambled 90 min before the Xi/Trump visit to the National Archives to stop a Taiwan-related treaty from being shown.
..."an indication of pushback from within the U.S. gov against President Trump's warm reception of Xi.."
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This is a brilliant piece of journalism - literally deconstructing the latest Russian strike drone, explaining how it works and where the components needed to make it work are being sourced by Russia, even after 4+ years of war
RFE/RL takes apart a Russian Geran-4 drone to uncover what makes the jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) faster, harder to intercept, and capable of operating deep inside Ukraine -- from its turbojet engine and advanced camera to foreign-made communications and navigation components. @cxemu @radiosvoboda
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#NSTnation Lockheed Martin's C-130J and Embraer's C-390 are among the aircraft being discussed as potential replacements for the Royal Malaysian Air Force's (RMAF) ageing C-130 Hercules fleet.
Read More: bit.ly/4y8b4Px
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In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order.
opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun
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Southeast Asia is now a $4.5 trillion economy and one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. Yet only about 22 percent of its exports stay within the bloc. Discover more in F&D magazine’s Picture This. imf.org/en/publications/fand…
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New US trade report places Malaysia in Tier 2 of 40+ countries flagged for illegal transshipment risks. Cites close ties to China’s manufacturing networks, a “Maritime Gateway” role + prior findings on solar-component circumvention. Also see Navarro’s article in NYT.
.@RealPNavarro: It Was a Great Scam While It Lasted nytimes.com/2026/08/13/opini…
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Link to the report, “The Great Transshipment Scam”: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up…
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What timing. The Brunei crown prince arrives just as The Australian newspaper claims that Brunei is among 7 countries whose universities Canberra would require Australian institutions to report all dealings with, under proposed changes to the Foreign Relations Act.
🚨VIP Visit to Australia🚨
🇧🇳Brunei🇧🇳
The Crown Prince and Senior Minister of the Prime Ministers Office His Royal Highness (_insert very long name_), has just landed in Canberra for a four-day Official Visit.
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Boeing 787-8(BBJ) Dreamliner // V8-OAS // #8953E3
Departure is on the 15th.
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Australian DFAT: “Based on these changes, institutions in the current countries that have so far been assessed not to have institutional autonomy will remain in scope of the Scheme. These countries are China, Vietnam, Brunei, Laos and Iran.”
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