Introduction
It has been several months since my last contribution to RIAC, and I must begin with a small apology for the silence. The pause was necessary: I was completing my transition from serving as Chief Executive Officer of two Malaysian foundations to taking up a full-time secondment to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. This new assignment has allowed me to return to a country that has long been close to ...
- Опубликовано:
- 05.11.2025 18:16:58
Introduction
It has been several months since my last contribution to RIAC, and I must begin with a small apology for the silence. The pause was necessary: I was completing my transition from serving as Chief Executive Officer of two Malaysian foundations to taking up a full-time secondment to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. This new assignment has allowed me to return to a country that has long been close to ...
- Опубликовано:
- 28.10.2025 17:43:22
By Eugene Fransua Arokiasamy, CEO & Nao Margaret Samuel, Special Senior Advisor (Agentic AI), MyProdigy and Women’s Social Foundations of Malaysia
Isn’t it remarkable how far society has come? When I first received my blog page on the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) platform in 2014, I was one of only eight contributors, and the first from Asia. At that time, I was using ...
- Опубликовано:
- 10.07.2025 20:47:18
Author: Eugene F. Arokiasamy (CEO) and Nao Margaret Samuel (Special Senior Advisor to the CEO) MyProdigy Foundation of Malaysia
This special interview with Senator Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian, Executive Chairman of the MyProdigy Foundation of Malaysia, follows his recent presentation at the Vitality Session during the Kazan Forum 2025. But this article does more than ...
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- 16.06.2025 13:23:58
As a prelude to my new series of interviews with decision-makers (both in Government and members of opposition parties in Malaysia), personalities of influence and action, I write this article on how I believe Russia-Malaysia cooperation may be facilitated Malaysian inclusive nationhood development. In previous articles I have shared my thoughts, ideas and suggestions for ...
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- 25.02.2025 14:38:44
... Politician - an easy way to harness support using Hate. For the ordinary citizen - a fear of economic loss. I was in a lift after attending a seminar on Renewable Energy in Kuala Lumpur. In the lift, a Swede, a Norwegian an Englishman, and I – Malaysian-British (although I consider myself a global citizen). There was a brief discussion, on the “Invading” refugees into Europe. It was not political or derogatory in intent, but a reflection on what the press was posting. So I interjected,...
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- 22.09.2015 10:18:00
... observing how to do business with Bangladeshi people directly.” He said, “I am from Holland, I have a 5 million euro budget to help the poor in this country. And more is coming from other countries, including the EU. What does your country, Malaysia do to help Bangladesh?” I laughed and replied. “I am a Nationalist, not a servant of neo-colonialists masters. My country Malaysia is small and poor. We do not have money to send fat-cat useless corrupt development aid people to come ...
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- 01.12.2014 12:27:00
As a Malaysian and global citizen, when I watched TV on the morning after that MH17 crashed, I was shocked, horrified and deeply upset - so many innocent people dead, and two Malaysian Airlines planes gone in 4 month. Why was this happening? Malaysian Airlines ...
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- 24.07.2014 11:19:00
When I was invited to write on the topic of Ethics in Business by Institute IntegrityMalaysia (IIM), the first thing that crossed me was — where does one begin?Defining ethics and seeking consensus? The consensus (if reached) has to beuniversally accepted ethics that cuts across creed and culture, sovereigntyand markets, traditions ...
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- 30.06.2014 19:01:00
... long-term helps Economic Development? I feel that experiential learning or empirical learning is a crucial aspect of learning and being educated. In my previous blog posting I made a call on behalf of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Government of Malaysia for Russia to sent youth to participate at the Malaysian International Youth Exchange Programme as part of the National Youth Celebrations held at Putrajaya Administrative Capital, Government of Malaysia over 3 days – 23 to 25 May 2014,...
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- 27.05.2014 18:13:00
Following on from my fist article in the RIAC blog page – “A Step forward in Cooperation between Malaysia and Russia” dated 4 March 2014, I am happy to inform all readers of the RIAC blog page and friends of the RIAC that the Malaysian Government extends a warm welcome to Russian Youth, Youth Organisations and Universities to participate in ...
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- 29.04.2014 11:00:00
Malaysia is a Newly Industrialised Country (NIC) and will become the Chair of ASEAN in 2015. Russia, then the Soviet Union, established diplomatic relations with Malaysia on April 3, 1967, and the Trade Agreement was signed. In November 1967 the Soviet ...
- Опубликовано:
- 04.03.2014 11:01:00
