Israel-Hamas war

From Gaza to Myanmar, the current constellations of geopolitics pose one of the most significant barriers to justice.

Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue defense forum in Singapore, the president-elect also called for the U.S. and China to exercise restraint as geopolitical tensions build.

Besides China's expansive trade ties in the Middle East, it has increasingly sought to play a diplomatic role in the region.

Official relations and public perceptions have both taken huge damage since the October 7 attack by Hamas and Israel’s massive military deployment in Gaza.

The meeting came just days after a U.S. Treasury delegation visited Malaysia to express its concerns that the Palestinian group was raising funds in the country.

The U.S. Treasury Department has expressed its concerns over Iran using Malaysian entities to finance allied militant groups, including Hamas.

Unlike on Ukraine, in the Israel-Gaza conflict, India has been rendered an outlier in the developing world, where most countries are in solidarity with Palestine.

The Western-led “rules-based order” is fraying, but nothing seems to be emerging that might replace it.

Wang's visit is another sign that Beijing wants to get off on the right foot with the incoming Indonesian administration.

This is not the first time that regional opinion toward the U.S. has soured over events in the Middle East.

The city-state recently denounced a Facebook post from the Israeli embassy as “unacceptable."

While showcasing the divergences between Australia and its Southeast Asian partners, the summit can be deemed a success in both form and substance.