FULCRUM

UPCOMING EVENTS

01 Jul 2026 | Understanding Southeast Asia’s New Climate Pledges: A Deep Dive into Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore

24 Jun 2026 | Prognosticating the Philippine Health Care System: Policy Challenges and Reforms

16 Jul 2026 | Cross-border crime and the 2025 Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict

23 Jun 2026 | Madani Economic Policy: Anwar’s Imprint on Malaysia’s Future

25 Jun 2026 | Impacts of the Energy Crisis on Southeast Asia: Perspectives on Indonesia and Malaysia

14 Jul 2026 | Defying the Water’s Edge: The Domestic Politics-Foreign Policy Nexus in Southeast Asia

30 Jun 2026 | Not Easy on the (Policy) Appetite: Indonesia’s Free Meals

FEATURED

Malaysia Should Channel US Trade Representative Section 301 Pressure Into Forced Labour Compliance

Tham Siew Yean

Malaysia Should Channel US Trade Representative Section 301 Pressure Into Forced Labour Compliance

Tham Siew Yean

What Do the US Forced Labour Tariffs Mean for Southeast Asia?

Stephen Olson

Havana in the Crossfire, Hanoi in a Bind

Nguyen Khac Giang|Le Hong Hiep

Minority Education, Major Controversy: Malaysia’s Lose-Lose Reform on Chinese Independent Schools

Ooi Kok Hin

Heeding the Call for Collective Resilience in Regional Food Security

Paul Teng

RECENT

EDITORS' PICKS

Indonesia’s 100 GW Solar Ambition: Can Rural Cooperatives Bridge the Gap?

Elbinsar Purba

Sino-US Action Against Drugs Keeps Functional Cooperation High

Zha Daojiong

The annual HSK Study in China Education and Career Expo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March 2026. The event connects local students with Chinese resources and career opportunities to strengthen Malaysia-China ties. (Photo from Center for Language Education and Cooperation / Facebook)

China and the US: Who Will Better Understand Southeast Asia?

Zenobia Chan

ASEANFocus

No Longer Poor: Can Laos be Clean, Green and Great?

Anoulak Kittikhoun

Why Methane Emission Reduction Matters for ASEAN

Shivenes Shammugam|Jihyun Kang

ASEAN’s Collective Resilience Agenda: Can It Deliver Under Pressure?

Joanne Lin|Kristina Fong Siew Leng|Melinda Martinus

LONG READS

How Southeast Asians Experience Chinese-Built Infrastructure

Eugene R.L. Tan|Hoang Thi Ha

How Small States Can Survive Big Changes: Laos, Mekong and ASEAN in the Age of Might Makes Right

Anoulak Kittikhoun

Vietnam’s Reconfigured Leadership: Personnel and Power in the “New Era”

Nguyen Khac Giang

Podcast

Southeast Asia Between the Giants

Piper Campbell|Joanne Lin

Japan’s Grand Strategy Amid Geopolitical Flux

Kei Koga

Thailand’s New Conservative Turn

Mathis Lohatepanont