The G20 has already proven more realistic and resilient than the G7, so no boycott of its annual summits can serve any purpose.

The poker game known as the trade war is not officially over, despite many signs of failure, only because the US still refuses to concede.

As world leaders gather to experience Malaysian hospitality, it would be nice if they fully appreciated why they are here beyond the cocktails and small talk.

South-East Asia, once only a bruising trade war's secondary victim, should now have Asean showing its mettle as China wins.

The EU has joined most other countries in seeing global rupture, with major changes and challenges now mostly beyond its control.

For victims of war, peace is more than the absence of fighting or the assessment of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The Thai-Cambodian border ceasefire is naturally hailed as a success, but only for stopping the recent conflict without resolving the festering dispute.

Superpowers may be less vulnerable to the hostility of lesser powers, but are nonetheless particularly vulnerable to their own flawed policies.

Beyond differences on the surface, Brics and Asean share the core imperative of achieving comprehensive development in the final stretch.

After Donald Trump's multiple efforts to unravel US primacy in the world, a decision to join Israel in attacking Iran could become his administration's final decisive act.

The Trump White House is now realising that ending a trade war, like any other war, is harder than starting it.

Malaysia is organising not only an Asean Summit this week, but a series of summits around the 46th Asean Summit while retaining Asean centrality.