Southeast Asia
Formal Recognition for the Rohingya Genocide
Today,
January 31st, is Franz Schubert's birthday and, as I write, the strains of the
final movement of his last symphony "The Great" play in the
background...
Indo-Pacific Region: A hotspot of rivalry
The Pacific
region in post-Cold-War period is fast changing its strategic complexion. This
region had been under United States’ influence. But, the USA and its proxies
like...
Curing Malaysia’s National Psychosis
Malaysia
has reached a chronic situation where the police are using the court system to
suppress alternative points of view by banning closed door meetings of...
Indonesia’s economic diplomacy: From hope into doubt
The dawn of
2020marked as a new era for Indonesian foreign affairs, as the Indonesian
government issued a new foreign policy direction shortly after Retno Marsudi
re-elected...
Ripples of 1MDB scandal likely to complicate Malaysian ties to key Gulf states
Disclosures of taped phone calls
between embattled former prime minister Najib Razak and a person believed to be
United Arab Emirate crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed...
China’s relations with Indonesia requires more cautious moves
Authors: Zhou
Dong-chen & Muhammad Raihan Ronodipuro
At the
invitation of Chinese military commission, Indonesian Minister of Defense
Prabowo Subianto made a working visit to Beijing during December...
A Reflection on the 2019 White Paper on Vietnamese National Defense
Authors: Do Quynh Anh & Yang Yizhong
Among more
than one dozen of the neighbor states of China, Vietnam is of special interest in
terms of their...
What Jokowi’s anti-radicalism cabinet can do for Indonesian security
Jokowi second terms have been preoccupied
with the issue of radicalism following the shocking attack to former
coordinator minister of politics, law and security, Wiranto. The...
Belt and Road Initiative: Challenging South and Southeast Asia
The euphoria about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Indonesia and
elsewhere in South and Southeast Asia (SEA) has been felt since 2017,
particularly following...
ASEAN Summit Meeting 2019: Expectations and Norms
The 2018 ASEAN Summit had posed a valid
question with regard to the compatibility between ASEAN centrality and the
Indo-Pacific concept. ASEAN addressed this impending question...