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Maintaining Regional Economic Resilience: ASEAN’s Strategic Role amidst Global Challenges
The Bangkok Declaration, 8 August 1967, became the initial formal form of ASEAN commitment. The strategic territory of ASEAN member countries makes this region...
Strengthening Japan-ASEAN Food Security: The MIDORI Plan and ASEAN Identity Renewal
On October 4th, 2023, during the 1st Meeting of AJMAF (ASEAN-Japan Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry) in Malaysia, Japan adopted MIDORI, a cooperation plan...
Trump Raised Fire, Xi Plays Cool, Anwar Ought to Act Smart
Xi’s second visit to Malaysia, which took place on 16 April 2025, since 2013, was accepted with many applauses from Putra Jaya. It shows...
Japan-ASEAN Cooperation on Plastic Waste in the Sea
This article will highlight the long aftermath of the issue of plastic waste in the Indo-Pacific region, where in 2016 six countries in the...
Russia’s Arctic Forum Confronts Crux of Climate Change
The world’s largest city north of the Arctic Circle, Murmansk—under the slogan “To Live in the North”—drew 1,300 participants from 21 countries to brainstorm...
Geopolitics meet Digital Security in ASEAN’s Maritime Domain
The seas of the ASEAN region are a geostrategic domain where geopolitics and digital security intersect. Maritime cybersecurity threats and disruptions to critical underwater...
Tariff Distortions and Fair-Trade Principles: Singapore’s Import Pathways in the U.S. Tariff Scheme
The Trump Administration's 32% import tariff policy on Indonesian export goods, which is a high tariff policy, will increase the price of export products...
ASEANAUK: A New Trade Bloc on the Horizon?
In an era of shifting geopolitical alliances and rising economic uncertainty, smaller trade alliances can fulfil the gap, ensuring economic security and supply chain...
What the Definite Decline of U.S. Hegemony Means for ASEAN
The German parliament has recently set a historic overhaul in lifting the country's constitutional strict debt limit. With majority votes, the Bundestag agreed to...
The Future of ASEAN & U.S. Relations: Strategic Cooperation or Transactional Challenges?
The prolonged rise of tensions in recent years has made a significant impact on the international arena. Countries have moved to a more volatile...