The “Rules Based International Order” is Crumbling: Should We Mourn Its End?
On January 20, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at the annual WEF meeting in Davos. Immediately, a chorus of praise...
The United States is Pushing Southeast Asia Towards China
The United States' grand strategy of its 'Pivot to Asia' had been stalled since its articulation by the Obama administration in 2011. Donald Trump...
Trump, Tariffs, BRICS and ASEAN: Much Ado About What?
Authors: William J. Jones, Asia Brand*, Pattarakorn Songwarat**
Since taking office again, President Donald Trump has been busy reshuffling relationships with American partners. The latest...
Thai Politics on the Verge of Generational Change?
Thai and Cambodian soldiers clashed on May 25, 2025, along the northeastern border of Thailand in the Chong Bok area, which resulted in one...
Military Clashes, Private Conversation and the Ongoing Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute
On May 28, 2025, Cambodian and Thai soldiers clashed in a brief gunfight along the disputed border in Northern Cambodia/Northeast Thailand along the Chong...
Europe at of Risk Permanent Dependence and Irrelevance
Former American Secretary of State and National Security Advisor once quipped, “Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?”. This problem...
ASEAN is fragmented and has still has no common approach to Myanmar
The Tatmadaw under General Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021. Nearly, 3 years have passed and ASEAN, still...
Trump, Realism and the Multipolar World
Donald J. Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, thus assuming the presidency for his second and final term. The world that awaited President...