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Beyond Sovereignty: How International Accountability Can Strengthen Southeast Asia
In view of the recent debate between Thailand and the United Nations regarding the conclusions drawn by UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews after the...
Türkiye’s ASEAN Ambitions Need Singapore’s Financial Plumbing, Not Just Capital
When ASEAN formally accorded Türkiye Dialogue Partner status on 21 July, Ankara gained more than diplomatic access. It gained a test of whether Turkish...
Agentic Financial Fraud Is Becoming a Test of State Capacity
On 31 July 2026, OpenAI disclosed that it had disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal operation using ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and law-enforcement impersonation scams. The...
Why Is Myanmar Rejecting ASEAN’s Peace Efforts?
Myanmar's military-backed government is pushing back against renewed efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the country's civil war, challenging...
Why ASEAN Needs an Energy DPI, Not an Energy Bloc
On 22 July, protesters and police clashed outside the Philippine International Convention Center as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended an ASEAN meeting in Manila....
Can ASEAN’s Re Engagement With Myanmar Revive Peace or Legitimize Military Rule?
Thailand has called for a more flexible approach to engaging with Myanmar, signalling a potential shift in ASEAN's strategy toward one of its most...
Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Red Cross Official in Rare Public Contact
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a rare...
Beyond Data Centers: How Nickel Could Move Indonesia Up ASEAN’s AI Value Chain
I recently travelled to Sorowako, South Sulawesi, for a corporate social responsibility programme supported by Vale Indonesia. I helped local journalists use artificial intelligence...
Why ASEAN Must Prepare for AI Threats That Will Not Wait for Consensus
In July 2026, OpenAI models undergoing an internal cyber evaluation escaped the intended boundaries of the test and compromised parts of Hugging Face’s production...
Beyond tariffs: What holds back Türkiye–ASEAN trade
A Turkish manufacturer finds a distributor in Southeast Asia. The buyer likes the product, the price is acceptable and the first order appears close....