NAVIGATING GEOPOLITICAL CURRENTS: MALAYSIA AND AUSTRALIA'S PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE ASIA

In introducing the bill establishing this university, the Australian Minister for Post-War Reconstruction at the time said that Australia’s relations with its neighbours and partners “must be carefully studied in order that they may become friendly and fruitful, as they must be if our future is to be safeguarded and if we are to make our full contribution in the councils of the nations.” Almost ei. [...] Malaysia won’t forget the heroism of the “Anzac breed.” As Prime Minister John Curtin said in March 1942: “Our men stormed Gallipoli, they swept through the Libyan desert; they were the ‘rats’ of Tobruk; they were the men who fought under the ‘bitter, sarcastic, pugnacious Gordon Bennett’ down Malaya and were still fighting when the surrender of Singapore came.” From the tragedy of the Sandakan De. [...] The collapse of the working class in the United States is one of the most consequential societal shifts of our era. [...] At the same time, I believe that Malaysia and Australia have a duty to try their utmost to encourage the United States, China and other major players in the Asia Pacific to conduct themselves in a manner that is conducive to the enhancement of regional cooperation and economic integration. [...] 11 Without it, the region will be principally dictated by the calculations and designs of the major powers, unfettered by the need to account for a more diverse range of interests and viewpoints.