Southeast Asia
Radical Changes in U.S. Policy to Myanmar
Since the military overthrew a democratically elected government in Myanmar in February 2021, the US has been one of the major nations to publicly...
South China Sea and possible options
Given the fact that US has warned China following the surveillance balloon saga and China has proposed a peace plan for resolving the Russia...
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Emerging Role of India
The Indo-Pacific region has recently received increasing attention due to its strategic location and changing security dynamics that remain to influence regional geopolitics. China's...
Economic Cooperation Between Indonesia & East-Timor: The Dilemmas Behind Strategic Decision
The highlight in ASEAN news for the past few weeks, Indonesia has agreed that East-Timor will be included in the ASEAN agenda for 2023,...
Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship and South China Sea/East Sea issue
Indonesia has taken over the Chairmanship of ASEAN last year and it must work towards outlining few aspects of ASEAN Community building processes, reinvigorating...
How can ASEAN Work with Dialogue Partners to Improve Myanmar’s Deteriorating Situation?
ASEAN should adopt a piecemeal approach in engaging dialogue partners to collaborate on matters pertaining to the 5-point consensus.
ASEAN at the Fore Front in...
Challenges and prospects for Burma act
From the first imposed sanctions against Myanmar in 1997, the United States takes a historical stride by passing the Burma act 2021 as a...
Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to Singapore and Brunei
Vietnamese Prime Minister M Pham Minh Chinh visited Singapore (Feb 8-10) after 5 years of any visit to the island nation by a Vietnamese...
Environmental and political reconciliation needed for the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a unique natural laboratory for ocean research and exploration. And yet, this rifted basin, dotted with atolls, coral reefs...
ASEAN in the Indian Ocean Region: A Consistent and Trusted Partner
ASEAN has always been around the centre stage of geopolitical development in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). It is not only because of its...