Southeast Asia
Three decades of India’s ‘eastward engagement’ and a persisting set of challenges
In this long essay, I look at how India re-connected with Southeast Asia and its regional institutional mechanisms in the post-Cold War context. This...
Will Indonesia Repeat the History of Population Mobility in Borneo?
Borneo is now in the spotlight due to the Indonesian government's impending massive migration. Since the Indonesian government announced capital relocation plans in 2019,...
Reclaiming our future
The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future.
Since the Economic and Social...
Return of the Marcos and Great-Power Competition
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., more commonly known as "Bongbong," won an outright majority in the recent presidential election in the Philippines. Son and name-bearer of...
President Ho Chi Minh’s reflections about international peace
President Ho Chi Minh had a dissimilar way of approaching international peace, and he held a view that the way western nations look into...
Vietnam-US relations and the US-ASEAN Summit
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visit to US should be seen from the point of view of the engagement between Vietnam and US....
ASEAN as the Key Ground of Competition in U.S.-China’s Indo-Pacific Strategies
With U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Asia scheduled for later this month, Japan's ambassador to the U.S., Koji Tomita, stated on May 9...
Visit of Vietnam’s PM Chinh to US for US-ASEAN Summit
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi (May 11) to visit US and hold meetings with US President Joe Biden. The meeting between...
Why (and How) Indonesia must Reduce its Economic Dependence on China
Indonesia and China relationship is perhaps one of the most important diplomatic relations in the Indo-Pacific. As the world’s most and fourth-most populated countries...
Can Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam inspire a Hindu nationalist equivalent?
There's a potential silver lining in Hindu nationalism's endorsement of Indonesia's Humanitarian Islam. That is if the approval produces a Hindu equivalent.
At first glance,...