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	A Divided America by Dr. Habib Siddiqui The Rittenhouse 'not guilty' verdict once again showed how divided America is today. Justice is not, or so it seems, color-blind in this land of Abraham Lincoln. The five felony counts against Kyle Rittenhouse stemmed from the...
	The struggle between two visions of Malaysia - The Malayization of Malaysia by Murray Hunter Aggregate election figures of votes cast on the peninsula from the last general election show there is a deep polarization in Malaysia. It's not about a Barisan Nasional /Perikatan Nasional verses a Pakatan Harapan choice...
	How fair is Singapore's judicial system? by Zulfikar Shariff The late Subhas Anandhan, one of Singapore's foremost criminal lawyers famously said that while he would defend murderers and terrorists, he would not take political cases.

	Survival of the State of Israel? by Joseph Gatt Recently, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made what I thought was a surprising statement by saying that Israel had been destroyed twice before in the past, alluding to the destruction of the First and Second Temple, and...
	The Dark Forces Changing Malaysian Society by Murray Hunter Malaysia was once a harmonious society, where the different ethnic groups coexisted with a sense of community, and each ethnic group once openly celebrated festivals together. All the ethnic groups were free to express...
	Ning-Nong Diplomacy, China and Paul Keating by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Former Australian prime ministers tend to be less conspicuous in public life than their counterparts in other countries. Occasionally, they make an appearance at political functions and events to remind us that they are...
	The Devolution of Evolution by Bohdan Yuri On October 24, 2021 the average weekly deaths from covid-19 in the United States was 1509 with a total number of deaths at 736,112. Recently the cases have been decreasing after a late summer surge...
	FW de Klerk: A Negotiator Before Defeat by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Rarely is the pragmatist admired. Be it in policy or politics, such a figure induces suspicion, a concern that principles will have to be subordinated to broader goals. True dreamers and visionaries, for all their glaring faults...
	COP26 and reclaiming our neglected duty of stewardship by Dr. Habib Siddiqui COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, is being held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., between 31 October and 12 November 2021.
	Malaysia: 2022 Budget Racially Configured, Election Targeted by Murray Hunter Perhaps the most depressing takeaway from the budget presented in Parliament is that it is the most racially configured of budgets in the nation's history. Former de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim ...
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