South East Asia

Is Pax Silica an innocuous agreement for economic cooperation or an instrument of domination? To understand what it is meant to accomplish, Nicholas considers the context from which it emerges.

Jeyakumar Devaraj shares the Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s analysis of the Malaysian situation and the challenges facing the left.

Jeyakumar Devaraj argues that Malaysia has been economically recolonised and the answer lies in a 20–30 year transitional program, built from the ground up and on the mass line model, which focuses on regional South-South solidarity.

Gandipan Nantha Gopalan asks: what are Malaysians getting for providing land, electricity, water, infrastructure and incentives to promote data centre investments?

A party inspired by ideology does not fade away simply because of electoral losses; our motivation is derived from other, deeper factors, writes S. Arutchelvan.

Rubio is a very dangerous man on a very dangerous mission to the Philippines, warns Partido Lakas ng Masa.

Partido Lakas ng Masa opposes the Philippines being drawn into the US war agenda against the interests of the Filipino people.

Jeyakumar Devaraj provides a brief overview of Malaysia’s history and political and economic development to help us understand the current situation in the country.

Malaysia needs a party that speaks about building a nation through policies that address the needs of all people, rather than feeding into toxic racialised politics, writes S Arutchelvan.

Partido Lakas ng Masa challenge Akbayan’s Perci Cendaña’s statement lauding national defence secretary Gibo Teodoro as a defender of Philippine sovereignty and respond to attacks by an Akbayan supporter.

Partido Lakas ng Masa contends there is little reason to expect a genuine anti-dynasty bill to emerge from House Bill No. 8389.

Pax Silica is a US-led drive to secure control over semiconductors, AI and critical minerals. The Philippines will lose out if it becomes a military-industrial node within this project, writes Reihana Mohideen.