GLOBAL DISPATCH

By TNS NEWS TEAM  |  Edition No. 5  |  June 29, 2026 FROM THE EDITOR  Two cargo ships were struck in the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours. The United States struck back twice. Diplomatic channels held, just. Venezuela buried more than 1,400 of its dead. America’s most ambitious AI law was quietly killed. And…

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US-Iran Accord Exposes a Fading Hegemony as Hormuz Faces Renewed Uncertainty, Says Dr Shahreen Madros

By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 – The US-Iran accord was intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring months of conflict to an end. However, renewed uncertainty over the status of the strategic waterway almost immediately raised questions about the durability of the agreement and highlighted a broader geopolitical reality:…

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ENERGY SECURITY

Malaysia Faces Energy Shock as Hormuz Crisis Threatens 38% of Oil Supply Bank Muamalat economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid warns elevated global oil prices and rising business costs could persist even if a ceasefire holds BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 – Rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are…

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Middle East War A ‘Double Whammy’ For Southeast Asia, ASEAN Unity A ‘Moot Question’ – Dr Oh Ei Sun

One of the region’s foremost voices on US-China relations and Southeast Asian geopolitics says the region faces a twin vulnerability energy import dependence and trade route disruption while dismissing ASEAN as an organisation incapable of delivering meaningful unity in a fractured world. BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 – As the…

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