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Give Parliament More Oversight on the Appointment of Top Cops
We ought to have a serious conversation about reforming our security sector and strengthening the oversight mechanism, so that it can serve the country and its people better.
The Quad Summit: Boon or Bane for Southeast Asia?
Image: Strategy Bridge By Ivy Kwek Last month, the leaders of the Quad – the United States, Japan, India andContinue Reading
Turning police from militarised force to community partner
By Nik Mohamed Rashid Nik Zurin, with Liew Chin Tong March 25 marks the 214th anniversary of the Royal MalaysianContinue Reading
Rethinking Malaysia’s National Defence Industry
By Nik Mohamed Rashid Nik Zurin and Liew Chin Tong Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri recently outlined his vision of Malaysia’sContinue Reading
One year on – what have we learned from our Covid response?
By Ivy Kwek It has been a year since we were introduced to the strange world of lockdown. With theContinue Reading
Recap: The Malaysian Defence White Paper
Welcome to 2021, everyone! To round out our content from last year, here’s a video recapping the Defence White Paper.Continue Reading
Defence White Paper: 1 year on
Dec 2 marks the 1st year anniversary of the first Malaysian Defence White Paper. A year on, it’s important toContinue Reading
Budget Series – Kerangka Keberhasilan Kementerian: The How and Why of Development and Supply
The Kerangka Keberhasilan Kementerian is a mixed bag. By establishing a clear hierarchy of ideas, it gives us relevant insights about the substantive and practical matters that the Ministry and the Armed Forces has to address in their portfolio. However, it falls extremely short when it comes to correctly measuring or estimating the real impact of the various programs and activities. Thus, in its role in assessing the performance of the Ministry, it is not so useful as a framework.
Budget Series: The Defence Budget – Supply and Development 60
We learn that the defence budget is shaped around two general categories of expenditures – Operating (specifically, Supply) and Development Expenditures. We also learn that the general trend for the last five years has seen defence spending hover around RM13 to RM15 billion. Finally, the reader has some idea of who the primary stakeholders the Ministry is, in effect, serving: the rakyat, foreign diplomatic missions, veterans and military pensioners, members of the defence industry, and some private sector and non-government entities.
Budget Series: An Overview of the Defence Budget Discussion
What does the Defence Budget tell us? Are we spending too much, just enough, or too little on national defence? Which programs should be prioritized over others? This series of articles will break down the formatting and the structure of the Defence Budget.
One-Oh-One: Introducing the Defence Budget Series!
Have you always had burning questions about the Malaysian Defence Budget? Is it enough? Is it too much? Why doContinue Reading
One-Oh-One: Grand Strategy
In our previous article, we covered the basic difference between Defence and Security. As a short recap, Security is anContinue Reading
One-Oh-One: Defence vs Security
Defence and Security. What do these words mean? Are they not the same thing? And why should it matter toContinue Reading
The Primer Series
Welcome to the Primer Series! The Primer Series will be a collection of explanatory content that will provide readers withContinue Reading
Selamat Hari Malaysia! Selamat Hari Angkatan Tentera! Selamat Datang from the Editor!
Malaysia was founded on 16th September 1963, and will be 57 years old day. It is a traditional practice to also celebrate Armed Forces Day on the same date. The Malaysian Armed Forces is 87 years old, marking its birth with the formation of the Experimental Company of native Malay soldiers in 1933. The Experimental Company would then form the basis of the Royal Malay Regiment, which is the oldest infantry regiment in the Malaysian Armed Forces.
Making Sense of Malaysia’s Maritime Security
Both the bureaucratic dissonance and the political dismissiveness towards maritime security could perhaps be addressed by a national security strategy wargaming exercise. Such an exercise would take cues from President Eisenhower’s Project Solarium which produced NSC 162/2, a national security document outlining America’s national strategy to counter the Soviet Union.
Re-Examining the National Security Architecture of Malaysia
The announcement by the Defence Minister cum Senior Minister in charge of security affairs Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to deploy the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) in support of the police has generated considerable consternation among the public. There is a lot of misunderstanding about what MAF is supposed to do, and how they fit in the bigger context of our national security.
Defence Reform in Malaysia – Quo Vadis?
On the 2nd December last year, the Pakatan Harapan government presented the Defense White Paper (DWP) in Parliament. The first of its kind, it is a publicly available policy document that provides guidance to policy makers on conducting national defense affairs, while also giving the members of the public an opportunity to engage in this previously opaque area of public policy. The current DWP is to last over a period of the next 10 years, starting from 2021.
Beri kuasa kepada parlimen dalam pelantikan pegawai atasan polis
Photo by Lens Hitam Dalam ucapan terakhirnya, Ketua Polis Negara (KPN), Tan Sri Hamid Bador telah membuat pendedahan yang mengejutkanContinue Reading
Recording: Defence and Security Webinar on the South China and Sulu Seas
A webinar co-organized between Projek Pertiwi and the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College (MAFDC) on security issues in the SouthContinue Reading
LCS fiasco at critical crossroads
Malaysia’s Littoral Combat Ship programme was slated to see its first delivery in April 2019, with the remaining ships being delivered every six months after that. As at December 2020, it was confirmed that while RM6 billion had been paid out, the first ship of the class was only 59.79% complete. It is now March 2021, nearly two years since the original due date, and it would appear no end is in sight for the troubled procurement project.
