As Western unity over Gaza falters, the Global South is reassessing its influence on international responses, raising the question of how Malaysia and ASEAN should navigate this shifting landscape. Dr. Ferooze Ali tells us more about it.
00:00Right, as cracks appear in Western unity over Gaza, the Global South is reassessing its role in shaping international responses.
00:08So how should Malaysia and Asia navigate this shift?
00:11Now we are joined by Dr. Firas Ali, Senior Lecturer of Faculty of Law and International Relations at UNIZAR.
00:17Thank you so much, Dr. Firas, for joining us.
00:20Right, with growing rifts, Dr. Firas, among Western allies as discussed just now over Gaza,
00:26do you see a move away from the US-led unipolar world towards a more multipolar order
00:32where countries maybe like China, Russia and regional blocs like ASEAN play a larger role?
00:37And how are shifting global power dynamics shaping the way ASEAN and the Global South engage internationally?
00:45Now, the rift over Gaza certainly reflects the deeper fracture within the West.
00:50But more importantly, it shows the limitation of the United States' moral leadership on this issue.
01:00Now, to compound the problem further, we are also witnessing a limitation in the United States,
01:09especially from a military perspective.
01:10For example, the inability of the United States to stop the Houthis in Yemen from firing ballistic missiles towards Israel,
01:21which is Washington's protectorate in the Middle East.
01:25Now, other countries are certainly taking note on this development,
01:32on the decline on both soft power and hard power of the United States,
01:37and using this as a way of recalibrating their relationship with other superpowers.
01:46Russia, China comes to the mind.
01:49BRICS is an example.
01:51We get a lot of countries keen on joining BRICS and to get all the incentives out of it.
01:57I mean, all these dynamics that we are witnessing right now,
02:00the epicenter goes straight to the genocide inside Gaza.
02:07Right.
02:08So, looking ahead, Dr. Firas, to Malaysia's ASEAN chairmanship in 2025,
02:14what role do you think regional cooperation play in navigating an increasingly multipolar and fragmented world order
02:21and also increased by this crisis in Gaza as well?
02:25Your thoughts?
02:26Well, Malaysia's chairmanship in ASEAN certainly comes at a time where we are seeing an increasingly fragmented global situation.
02:39And perhaps one way of Malaysia using its chairmanship to navigate ASEAN towards,
02:47towards, I mean, helping Palestinians in Gaza.
02:53Perhaps it could be through proposing the idea of having one of ASEAN's humanitarian agencies to help Gaza.
03:05A clear-cut example here is ASEAN's Coordination Center for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Management.
03:15In short, AHA, which can be mobilised to help the Gazans.
03:22Now, indeed, AHA is being created to help disasters within Southeast Asia context itself.
03:31But under these extraordinary circumstances, and perhaps under a more solidistic framework,
03:37Malaysia can help Malaysia can nudge other ASEAN members to support the idea of using AHA
03:44to help Palestinians inside Gaza, while at the same time enhancing the soft power of ASEAN at the global theatre.
03:55So, let's see in the results of ASEAN and USA more recently.
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