Southeast Asia
‘Mr. Trong Goes to Beijing’: General Secretary Trong’s Beijing Visit Affirms Vietnamese Balancing Act with China
Between October 30 and November 2, Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in a decorous...
B20 Summit launched Carbon Knowledge Hub, an initiative to navigate the carbon market
The collaboration of global business leaders is needed so that the unification of roles will produce policy recommendations that support climate change mitigation while...
Behind lofty declarations, major Muslim and Hindu groups compete for power
As Indonesia passed the chairmanship of the Group of 20 (G-20) to India earlier this month, major Muslim and Hindu organisations, some backed by...
How far the ASEAN Summit bring changes to Myanmar crisis?
The 40th and 41st ASEAN summits, as well as related summits, were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from November 8 to 13, 2022. Myanmar's...
Indonesia’s balanced foreign policy: Lessons for other middle powers
Leaders of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have repeatedly said that they will follow an independent foreign policy, and would not...
Musings on the 20th Anniversary of the South China Sea Declaration
In November 2002, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, China and 10 ASEAN countries formally ratified the South China Sea Declaration on the Conduct of Parties...
ASEAN States ‘well-placed’ to advance human rights, freedoms and a strong global economy
As “deepening divisions” threaten global peace and security, “dangerous rhetoric” is raising nuclear tensions, the UN chief told a meeting of Asian leaders in...
Its summit time again in Southeast Asia, as tensions soar and differing views permeates the air
Southeast Asia is hosting three key regional and multilateral summits from November 10 to 19 – the ASEAN and related summits, the G-20 leaders’...
Can Myanmar’s nuclear capability bring disaster for South and Southeast Asia?
Myanmar is a regional peace-destroying and destabilizing junta-state. Military rulers have long been working with Russia to develop nuclear weapons. The place of nuclear...
Building India-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
In the forthcoming summit meeting in Cambodia in November 2022 ,India and ASEAN countries have agreed to work towards comprehensive strategic partnership. The strategic...