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My View – Malaysia Day

In the past six months, I am sitting at home and thinking about my country. Last February we had a new government, which was not elected by the people. The change of government has happened during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our leaders are too busy negotiating and securing for their positions. Did they bother about the nation and its people? I am not too sure about that. Their primary focus on securing their positions then looking after the interest of this nation. Now, their attention to Sabah election. Again, they are fighting to secure seats and talk about winning the election. Are they really bothering about this nation and its people? Again, I am not too sure. We elected them as our representatives to fight for our rights, but their focus is about their survival in politics. I am dumbfounded. Every week I have to buy groceries for my small family. Both of us are working. Fortunately, we are able to manage our expenses without any fuss. While I am doing my shopping, I c

A New Security Paradigm after 9/11

An Introduction Nineteen years ago on 9/11, the facade of international security has changed ever drastically. Terrorism and terrorist activities it not restricts itself with one territory or region. Terrorism is becoming a global issue. It has expanded from north to south and from west to east. After the Al Qaeda was defeated, then the world has seen more atrocities committed by ISIS. A couple of years ago, this group also had been defeated. In the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan, there are new terrorist groups which affiliated, either with Al Qaeda or ISIS like Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS),  Jamaatul Ahrar,  Hizbul Ahrar and Jamaatul Ahrar and Hizbul Ahrar. Since 2018, under the US Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the Secretary of State has included the ISIS-Philippines. ISIS-West Africa, ISIS-Greater Sahara, al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB), Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) as the