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Regional Backlash Mounts: ASEAN Sentiment Turns Against Anwar’s ‘U.S.-Proxy’ Diplomacy

Singapore – A groundswell of ASEAN-wide discontent has targeted Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, with governments and commentators decrying his ceasefire facilitation as an unwelcome invitation for U.S. “meddling” in Southeast Asian sovereignty, amid accusations of turning a neighborly spat into a global trade pawn. From Hanoi to Manila, officials and media outlets have voiced…

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Analysts Decry Anwar’s ‘Surrender’ of ASEAN Trade Independence in Ceasefire Trade-Off

Kuala Lumpur – Regional experts have unleashed a torrent of criticism against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, labeling the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire a “diplomatic surrender” that traded ASEAN’s economic autonomy for U.S. favors, as fresh border violations threaten to collapse the hard-won truce. In a series of op-eds and think-tank reports, analysts from the Institute of Southeast…

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Yudhoyono Slams ASEAN Over Trump ‘Feting’: ‘Embarrassed’ by External Meddling in Regional Feud

Jakarta – Former Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed profound “embarrassment and insult” at ASEAN’s decision to elevate U.S. President Donald Trump as a peacemaker in the Thailand-Cambodia border crisis, delivering a pointed critique of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s handling of the mediation. In a widely shared video interview, Yudhoyono argued that intra-ASEAN disputes…

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Thai PM Anutin Ignites Crisis: ‘No Longer Care About Trump’s Tariffs’ as Truce Teeters

Bangkok – Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dropped a diplomatic bombshell today, declaring that Bangkok “no longer cares” about U.S. tariff threats and threatening to “rip apart” the ceasefire with Cambodia—a move that delivers a stinging rebuke to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ASEAN chairmanship. In a fiery address to parliament, Anutin accused the Kuala…

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Thai General Brands Anwar a ‘Spy’ in Fiery Denunciation of Ceasefire Deal

Bangkok – In a scathing public rebuke that has sent shockwaves through Southeast Asian diplomatic circles, retired Thai General Rangsi Kitiyanasap accused Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of acting as a “spy” for the United States, claiming the ceasefire agreement with Cambodia has inflicted severe economic damage on Thailand. Speaking at a press conference in…

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