We are quickly leaving 2016. An eventful year for
Malaysia with many anecdotes of politics, economics and security. It has been a
difficult and complex year to manage. Many stories to be absorbed and analysed.
It is just like the Clint Eastwood spaghetti cowboy movie; the good, bad and
ugly. The good guys are supposed to survive but the cost can be high.
Definitely in this globalised and borderless world we are again divided by
ideology and beliefs.
The age of neo-colonialism, big power rivalry.. We
are living in a cyber space where it is difficult to distinguish between truths
and falsehoods...the world is being shaped and influenced by the way the
players communicate their message…so much wealth and poverty... nationalism and
identity on the fault lines of ethnicity, religion and culture....turmoil,
chaos wars, conflicts and deaths...each side claims victory to uphold so called
justice, liberalism, freedom and democracy. Even promoting different
civilisations are being advocated with passion... there is less tolerant,
goodwill and trust on others.. new terminology of jihadists, terrorism and
extremism being redefined.. especially when it involves Islam and
Muslims...sixty million people are refugees and 50% of them are Muslims.
Economic and political interests become
paramount... human rights and its abuses are just back burner issues. Indeed
it’s an exciting, challenging and mind boggling world we live in... where
moral, legal and ethical considerations are less important. Individuals are
fundamental to survival of the human race and societal interests are secondary.
The appearance of non-state actors has dominated our lives and discourses.
Political leaders at the helms of nation states are no longer the conventional
and orthodox.. in a couple of days’ time we would welcome and embrace 2017 with
more apathy as we are unsure what is in store for us... the human race seems to
be producing more gladiators. Hopefully things can change and as we talk about
peace and security it means for all the global citizenry.
FBSHApost@29 December 2016
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