Malaysia has long been celebrated for its multicultural and multireligious society, a unique mosaic of Malays, Chinese, Indians, and indigenous peoples, living under the shade of Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and other faiths. Yet beneath this harmonious image lies a growing tension: religion, increasingly, is not just a personal or communal identity, but a political weapon. By constitution, a Malay …

Indonesia has long been seen as a beacon of democracy in Southeast Asia, especially after the fall of the authoritarian regime of President Suharto in 1998. The transition from a military-dominated government to a democratic system was a significant achievement, offering hope that a more open and inclusive political environment would emerge. However, in recent years, there has been growing …

The Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) phenomenon is one of the defining aspects of the Philippines’ economic landscape. Over the past decades, millions of Filipinos have left their homeland in search of better opportunities abroad, providing critical financial support to their families and significantly contributing to the national economy. These sacrifices are not just personal but national, as OFWs’ remittances make …

Canada stands at a crossroads where economic ambitions clash with the rights of Indigenous communities. At the heart of this debate lies the ancestral right of the Indigenous community over their lands. Legally, Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 recognizes and affirm their existence and their rights within Canada’s territory, providing strong legal protection against land grabbing. However, …

Corruption is a major issue that is undermining economic growth, political stability, and social trust on a global scale. Given the threat it poses, particularly to democracies, the United Kingdom, France, and Switzerland launched the International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce (IAPTF) on March 21, 2025. This was developed as a response to the United States’ wearing away from its aggressive anti-corruption …

The Syrian conflict has been a tragic stage for sectarian violence, foreign interventions, and mass human suffering. Yet, amidst the widespread atrocities, one crisis remains underreported and insufficiently condemned by the international community: the ethnic cleansing of Syria’s Alawite minority. Despite targeted killings, displacement, and systemic persecution, raised violently in the last couple of weeks, both the Syrian government and …

One sector of the global economy is conspicuously absent from countries’ efforts in developing a plan to halt climate change: the world’s militaries. War and climate change are often discussed as separate crises, but they are deeply interconnected. The military is one of the world’s largest institutional emitters of greenhouse gases, yet its role in global carbon emissions is rarely …

The Amazon rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” has become the center of an intense and often contentious struggle involving Indigenous communities, national governments, and powerful corporations. The Amazon basin reaches nine Latin American countries, spreading for more than half in Brazil, followed by Peru and Colombia. However, globalization has led numerous powerful corporations to take …

            The European Parliament recently approved a complete overhaul of their migration and asylum policies after long debates which raised certain questions all around the globe. The European Union (EU) had changed its approach on the migration and asylum seekers through these changes while trying to uphold human rights. This framework of newly voted policies and laws aims to incorporate Member …

            The widespread destruction and conflict continue in Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) had been asked by the South African government to investigate and look into the situation that had been growing. Fundamentally, country of South Africa inquired the ICJ about Israel if they are committing genocide in Gaza towards the Palestinians or not? Related to that, Israel responded …