Two neighbours coordinate diplomatic positions as conflict pressures energy security and regional stability JAKARTA, March 28 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim flew into the Indonesian capital today for a high-level bilateral summit with President Prabowo Subianto, with the two neighbours closing ranks on how best to respond to the worsening West Asia conflict…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH Column No. 3 — 27 March 2026 — TNS News ASEAN’s Crowded In-Tray: Digital Ambition, Energy Reckoning, and a War That Will Not Wait ASEAN entered 2026 with an ambitious agenda: a landmark digital economy agreement, new strategic partnerships, and a chairmanship designed to showcase Manila’s regional leadership. Then…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | Shan Saeed explains why fiscal discipline, structural reform and policy continuity place Indonesia among Asia’s most resilient emerging economies. By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Indonesia enters 2026 with a macroeconomic profile increasingly defined by stability, fiscal discipline and structural momentum, rather than cyclical volatility, according to…
A report by Asia Centre reveals how climate disinformation in Malaysia marginalizes Indigenous Peoples, specifically within the Bumiputera category. It highlights four misleading narratives that exacerbate inequalities and undermine land rights. Proposed amendments to the Aboriginal Peoples Act aim to rectify these injustices, but their effectiveness remains uncertain.
Dr Oh Ei Sun By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 -As Southeast Asia confronts an era of intensifying great-power rivalry, the question facing ASEAN is no longer whether it can lead the regional order, but whether it was ever designed to do so. In a year-end interview with TNS News, Dr…
