# Malaysia between the superpowers: PM Anwar Ibrahim and Sreenivasan Jain

https://mins.news/en/video/23645

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-16 19:32 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ifKz9ZYSwo

> As the rules-based order frays, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Sreenivasan Jain debate justice, trade and sovereignty. They examine whether middle powers must choose sides in great-power rivalry or can chart an independent course, and whether smaller nations can hold superpowers accountable to rules they themselves created.

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