Southeast Asia
The Dilemma in Sino-Indonesian Cooperation
The visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Indonesia (12/1/2021) emphasizes the importance of relations between the two countries. Handling the pandemic to...
Vietnam’s 13th National Party Congress: Agenda, Achievements and Expectations
Vietnam is holding its 13th National Party Congress from January 25to 02 February, 2021. While the party congress is going to decide about the...
Why Indonesian Democracy Stays in Place due to Presidential Threshold Provision
Indonesia as one of the largest democracy states in the globe and considered quite successful in cohabitating democracy values and Islamic values is indeed...
Learning to build a community from a ”Solok Literacy Community”in the West Sumatra
Established on September 21, 2020 in Solok City, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Solok Literacy Community initiated by the young people of Solok City has...
Indonesia Submit Extended Continental Shelf Proposal Amidst Pandemic: Why now is important?
Authors: Aristyo Rizka Darmawan and Arie Afriansyah*
Indonesia’s active cases of coronavirus have been getting more worrying with more than 100.000 active cases. With nearly...
The China factor in India’s recent engagement with Vietnam
In its fourth year since the elevation of ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, December 2020 witnessed an enhanced cooperation between New Delhi and...
South Korea’s finance of ‘green’ palm oil drives destruction in Indonesia
In 2019, South Korea imported 745,000 metric tonnes of palm oil, up from 194,000 metric tonnes in 2005. It is one of the fastest-growing...
The Waxing and Waning of Malaysia-Japan Relations
Authors: Geetha Govindasamy and Mohammad Danial Azman*
Malaysia, as a small country in Southeast Asia, has always maintained a pragmatic foreign policy that caters for...
The ASEAN Response to Covid-19 and the Way Forward
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Saumya Pandey*
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, a global health emergency in the People’s...
ASEAN and North Korea: A Way Forward
Due to the stalemate on the Korean peninsula, it is time to find alternate policies to deal with North Korea. Past inter-Korean history has...