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One year on, end to Russia-Ukraine conflict remains elusive

TOPSHOT - The Ukrainian flag flutters between buildings destroyed in bombardment, in the Ukrainian town of Borodianka, in the Kyiv region on April 17, 2022. - Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images) The Russia-Ukraine war enters into its first year on Friday with no indication that it will end anytime soon, and with key players on the political chessboard continuing to flex their muscles, deploying sophisticated weaponry and sending more troops to the battlefield.Since Russia launched ‘a special military operation’ on Ukraine on Feb 24, the wider world was also severely impacted one way or another. The global economic and geopolitical order were fundamentally altered, with disruptions to supply chains including food and grains, apart from an acute energy crisis in Europe after Russia cut off its gas supply in response to the economic [...]

One year on, end to Russia-Ukraine conflict remains elusive2023-02-28T09:30:44+08:00

Management of misinformation in Türkiye could be a lesson for Asia, says crisis management analyst

On the strategic level, the challenge is to do the greatest amount of good with the limited resources at hand within the shortest amount of time. On the ground, there is only one objective – to save as many lives as possible. To suggest that this is not the government’s utmost priority from the President down is madness. The good international standing and connectivity of Türkiye have enabled aid and resources to flow into the country quickly. That was made possible by effective communication with international agencies, governments, and non-governmental organisations. In a crisis, control of critical infrastructure is required. Social media is now considered a critical infrastructure. The action regarding Twitter was a stop-gap measure in the face of destabilising misinformation. In the months and years to come, it will become a much-studied case study for crisis communications and disaster response. In this context, there was too much information [...]

Management of misinformation in Türkiye could be a lesson for Asia, says crisis management analyst2023-02-13T14:37:58+08:00

MGBF roundtable to shape Malaysia’s future in the digital economy

 The Malaysia Global Business Forum (MGBF) will be hosting a roundtable on ‘Designing the Future of the Digital Economy’ on 23 February 2023. It is the culmination of the first three MGBF Exclusive Roundtable Series titled ‘The Evolving Threat Matrix in the Digital Economy’ held throughout 2022. According to the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the digital economy is currently contributing 22.6 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), with a projected growth to 25.5 per cent by 2025. This level of contribution has made it imperative for the Malaysia Global Business Forum to bring together high-level speakers at the roundtable to explore ways to chart the way forward for Malaysia’s future of its digital economy. Amongst the objectives of the upcoming MGBF roundtable is to position Malaysia in Southeast Asia’s digital economy, which was estimated to be valued at USD200 billion (RM853 billion) in gross merchandise value [...]

MGBF roundtable to shape Malaysia’s future in the digital economy2023-01-30T10:53:39+08:00

MGBF: Political stability to usher in new era for business

The Founding Chairman of the Malaysia Global Business Forum (MGBF), Nordin Abdullah, today spoke on Bernama TV’s leading English talk show, The Brief, hosted by Jessy Chahal, on the topic of a stable political reality and what that means for the Malaysian economy. Nordin said, “The first thing that it does is that it allows investors, both domestic and foreign, to know that there will be policy continuity. And what that means is there is not going to be any rapid switching of policies that could threaten investors – either the money that they have here or the ability for them to operate in this country or for them to repatriate funds, in some cases. This policy continuity is really the benchmark that the investors are looking for and you cannot guarantee that in a sense without political stability. “So the fact that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s administration now has [...]

MGBF: Political stability to usher in new era for business2023-01-03T21:08:52+08:00

Death by a Thousand Algorithms

More than 1,100 years ago, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was developing the mathematical formulas that we know today as algorithms which now have become so intertwined with the business fortunes of global media giants and the very fabric of geopolitics. A series of recent high level international reports have revealed pockets of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB) in the realm of social media and the cyber domain. While the international reports highlighted their existence, they stop short of explaining their impact on various populations. The rise of an even more sophisticated form of activity has emerged – cyber-social attacks which brings together a generation of knowledge in cyber incursions coupled with the latest developments in social media manipulation. These aggressive, malicious, and targeted attacks have left crisis response teams in the business and political worlds with their heads spinning. The Crisis Management Centre issued a report stating that there were massive [...]

Death by a Thousand Algorithms2022-10-20T22:31:37+08:00
 
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