Malaysia renegotiating relations with China and neighbours

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, consistent with his pre-election pledge, has initiated a review of his country's foreign relations with neighbours. This includes analysis and evaluation of the existing matrix and Malaysia's engagement pertaining to the economic, employment, energy and commercial sectors.This dynamics associated with reforming governance led Mahathir to...

Palestinian life stifled by occupation

Twenty-five years ago, on September 03, 1993, I sat on the White House lawn to witness the landmark signing of the Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). Diplomats around me gasped as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands with former foe, Chairman Yasser Arafat. But for...