The “endless war”, as President Donald Trump would describe, may appear to be drawing to a close, at long last.

Against the optimistic expectations of the liberal order proliferating across the globe, defence alliances and security groupings are instead becoming sharper and more assertive as countries both big ...

PETALING JAYA: A foreign policy analyst and a defence expert have poured cold water on former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s proposal for a unified Asean defence and security policy, describing ...