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19% Global Economy vs Malaysia's Foreign Policy

Malaysia’s foreign policy balances China’s 19% share of the global economy by using ASEAN diplomacy and maritime security agreements to protect regional stability while keeping trade flows strong. Since 2022, Kuala Lumpur has turned crisis management and joint exercises into tools that let it stay influential despite Beijing’

The new geopolitics of Asia and the prospects of North Korea diplomacy — Photo by Александр Максин on Pexels

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Geopolitics Exposed ASEAN Must Counter China’s Soft Power

ASEAN ambassadors should coordinate joint sanctions, launch rapid-response diplomatic units, tighten digital trade oversight, and build multilateral security nets to blunt China’s soft-power push on North Korea. In 2025, ASEAN’s shared sanctions policy cut Chinese-linked illicit trade by 23%, showing that collective deterrence works. ASEAN Diplomacy in Geopolitics: