An increasingly unpredictable Washington is making the region’s traditional hedging strategy harder to sustain.
12 Apr 2026 - 12:00PM videocam
Washington’s Venezuela raid has resurrected old fears about ‘spheres of influence’, sounding alarm bells for Southeast Asian autonomy.
The Gaza war resonated deeply among Southeast Asian respondents in a recent survey, given the significant proportion of Muslims in the region.
President Yoon has touted his new Indo-Pacific policy and the Korean-Asean Solidarity Initiative as a key step to elevate Seoul’s strategic role in the region and become a ‘global pivotal state’.
19 May 2023 - 2:00PM videocam
There were some achievements at the meeting in Cambodia, a key event taking place just before the G20 and Apec summits.
19 Nov 2022 - 11:00AM videocam
As individual member states rush to reopen their borders amid the pandemic, Asean has again been found to be not up to the job.
6 Jun 2022 - 8:13PM videocam