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ASEAN’s AI Boom Has a Geopolitical Due-Diligence Problem
In March 2026, Iranian drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Infrastructure built to support the Gulf’s...
ASEAN Warns Over Middle East Conflict as South China Sea Tensions Escalate
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened a high-level diplomatic summit in Manila on Tuesday with a stark warning that renewed conflict in...
When AI Attacks Financial Trust: Why ASEAN May Become the Global South’s First Test Case
In February 2026, the Bank of Italy confronted a problem that sounded almost absurd: fraudulent videos and online content were circulating with the name...
ASEAN Expands Myanmar Engagement Ahead of Key Summit
ASEAN's special envoy on Myanmar will continue engaging with all stakeholders in the conflict-hit country, including armed resistance groups, as Southeast Asian foreign ministers...
Why Strategic Autonomy Is Becoming the Global Trend
For decades, the assumption underpinning global diplomacy was simple and that was when great powers clash, smaller and mid-sized states eventually have to pick...
ASEAN to discuss Myanmar engagement at special meeting
Southeast Asian foreign ministers will meet Myanmar's top diplomat this weekend for the first in-person talks since the country's 2021 military coup, as the...
ASEAN needs a hedging code, not just hedging instincts
Southeast Asia is not choosing Beijing over Washington. It only looks that way. What is actually happening is more consequential: the region's governments are...
Malaysia Says Myanmar’s New Leadership More Open to ASEAN Peace Efforts
Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Myanmar's newly formed government appears more receptive to regional engagement than its predecessor, raising cautious hopes for renewed...
Myanmar and India’s Strategic Calculus: Pragmatism Over Idealism
Authors: Dr Soumyodeep Deb & Aung Kyaw*
Myanmar’s president Min Aung Hlaing is currently on a 5-day state visit to India on the invitation of...
A Bundle of Chopsticks: How ASEAN Can Deepen Rare Earth Cooperation
ASEAN’s REE Potential
Amid today’s war-induced energy shocks and the perennial urgency of decarbonisation, rare earth elements (REEs), the 17 metallic elements essential for electronics...