It’s a great honour to be invited to speak at the National Resilience College (Maktab Ketahanan Nasional), Puspahanas. The NRC is the part of Malaysia’s professional military education. Slightly more than a dozen of officers at colonel or brigadier-general level are chosen to undergo a…
I took a day off from the election campaign trail to be in Singapore, at the invitation of Professor Simon Tay, to deliver a keynote speech at Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)’s 15th ASEAN and Asia Forum. The forum’s theme was “Rebuilding Resilience in…
Malaysian elections rarely feature foreign policy ideas and debates. However, who Malaysians choose to run the nation next and how Malaysia positions itself internationally will have huge consequences on the increasingly tense region. For a secure and peaceful Southeast Asia, Malaysia needs to have a…
As a former Deputy Minister of Defense, I am very proud of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) that firmly defends the sovereignty of the country. ATMs should be respected and served with dignity. The Ministry of Defense has long been shackled by the misuse of…
On 1 September, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine amounting to RM 970 million. Rosmah was guilty of all three charges under Section 16(a) MACC Act 2009. I encourage…
REFSA – Research For Social Advancement, a think tank which I chair, had the great honour of hosting my friend Professor Dr Kuik Cheng-Chwee to speak on “Navigating Great Power Rivalries of the 2020s: Exploring options of Southeast Asia”. Cheng-Chwee, who was recently promoted to…
By claiming that “building the first ship doesn’t require additional allocation” and “first ship will be completed in a year or two”, Hishammuddin is putting up a smokescreen to hoodwink the public Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is trying to deceive the public to…
Since the release of the Public Accounts Committee report on the LCS scandal last Thursday, 4 August, people now have more questions than ever about what had happened in the case of LCS project mismanagement. To find solutions and the way forward, we urge Minister…
Globally, we are living in a new era with heightened great power competition and geopolitical challenges. Defense and international relations are more talked about now than any time in the past three decades since the end of the Cold War. The years and possibly decades…
Five key themes to move Johor Forward Upon my appointment as the State Opposition Leader by Pakatan Harapan Johor, I have expressed my intention to lead a constructive opposition that builds on bipartisanship in the hope to propel Johor forward and to safeguard the interests…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.