More: ASEAN
Washington’s New Tariff Wall and the Transformation of US-ASEAN Economic Relations
The Strategic Pivot from IEEPA to Section 301
On March 11, 2026, a few weeks after the United States Supreme Court canceled emergency tariff authority...
ASEAN’s Geoeconomic Turn is Real- But Its Institutions are still too Weak
Authors: Armando Gomes and Dr. Atin Prabandari*
The World Forces ASEAN to Think Geoeconomically
In early March 2026, it was time for ASEAN to wake up...
Rethinking ASEAN Values: Between Partial Reform and Radical Break
On January 4, 2026, ten days after the junta announced the third phase of its elections in the region, a military gyrocopter attacked a...
ASEAN’s real strength lies in strategic ambiguity
As the ASEAN foreign ministers gathered recently to set the agenda of the bloc in 2026, the familiar critique of ASEAN’s slow, divided, and...
Myanmar Expels Timorese Envoy Over Junta War Crimes Complaint
Myanmar has ordered the head of Timor-Leste’s diplomatic mission to leave within seven days, escalating tensions after a rights group filed a criminal complaint...
ASEAN’s Chip Ambitions: A Strategic Opening for Taiwan
Recognising the need to diversify and move beyond low value-added and commodity-based growth, ASEAN has now started to increasingly turn its focus toward higher-value,...
Manila’s 2026 Chairmanship: Navigating ASEAN’s Fragmented Regionalism
As the Philippines assumes the ASEAN 2026 Chair, Manila faces a stark leadership test, manifested through intra- and extra-regional challenges. Can it translate national...
ASEAN Chair Philippines Hosts Myanmar Stakeholder Talks to Revive Peace Effort
The Philippines, as current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has hosted a meeting of what it described as “important political groups”...
ASEAN Draws a Line on Myanmar’s Military-Led Election
ASEAN will neither send election observers nor certify Myanmar’s ongoing three-stage election, Malaysia’s foreign minister Mohamad Hasan said, effectively denying regional legitimacy to a...
From Soft Law to Hard Rules: Pushing for Binding AI Governance in ASEAN
At the closing ceremony of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, the Philippines assumed the ASEAN chairmanship under President Ferdinand Marcos...