12th Malaysia Plan – What are the defence and security items mentioned?
The Prime Minister has just launched the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025) entitled “A Prosperous, Inclusive and Sustainable Malaysia”. Here’s someContinue Reading
Category: Primer Series
Five Facts about RMAF
What is the Royal Malaysia Air Force’s role in national defence? Here’s all you need to know for starters.
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.
Budget Series: The Defence Budget – Supply and Development 60
The general trend for the last five years has seen defence spending hover around RM13 to RM15 billion. This article outlines 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
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