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UPCOMING EVENTS

23 Apr 2026 | Iran War and its Impact on Southeast Asia’s Food Security

30 Apr 2026 | Disinformation and Influence Operations on South China Sea Issues in the Philippines

05 May 2026 | Nuclear Energy Developments in Southeast Asia: Exploring Policy Pathways in Vietnam and the Philippines

14 Apr 2026 | State Perspectives: Selangor and Penang in Today’s Malaysia

07 Apr 2026 | E-Launch and Discussion of The State of Southeast Asia: 2026 Survey Report

08 Apr 2026 | Challenges to Indonesia’s Party Cartel System

28 Apr 2026 | Navigating the Storm: Southeast Asia and the Global Trade Shocks

09 Apr 2026 | Follow the Money: Tracing How Scammers Leverage Crypto Exchanges in Southeast Asia — and What Policy and Technology Can Do About It

16 Apr 2026 | Thailand’s 2026 General Election: Machines Over Movements?

FEATURED

What the Trump-Takaichi Summit Revealed About the US-Japan Alliance

Joanne Lin|William Choong

What the Trump-Takaichi Summit Revealed About the US-Japan Alliance

Joanne Lin|William Choong

Squeezed From Both Sides: Prabowo’s Fiscal Reckoning and Governance Implications

Yanuar Nugroho

Turning Waste Into Wealth: Chinese Firms Are Expanding Into Southeast Asia

Yichen Wang

The State of Southeast Asia 2026 Survey

A Harder Balance to Keep in Southeast Asia

Joanne Lin

The Philippines Puts Its Budget on Blockchain: Will This Beat Corruption?

David Lam

RECENT

EDITORS' PICKS

Student demonstrators gather in front of the House of Representatives in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 28 August 2025, to protest the planned salary increase for lawmakers. (Photo by Donal Husni / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Indonesia’s August-September 2025 Mass Arrests: What Do They Reflect?

Max Lane

A US marine assists with an Avenger Air Defense System during an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) demonstration at the training camp in San Antonio, Zambales province, northern Philippines on 27 April 2025. (Photo by Jef Maitem / ANADOLU / Anadolu via AFP)

Dangers of Delay: US-Philippine Defence Cooperation in 2026

Justin Baquisal

Iran War Holds Trade Implications for Southeast Asia

Stephen Olson

ASEANFocus

The Importance of Preserving Physical ‘Third Places’ in Southeast Asia

Gauri Sasitharan

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions at a budget committee session of the House of Councillors in Parliament in Tokyo on 16 March 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

China’s Retaliation Against Japan and the Implications for Southeast Asia

Lye Liang Fook

Navigating Our Future Together? The Philippine Chairmanship in a Year of Strategic Tension

Joanne Lin|Aries A. Arugay

LONG READS

Youth’s Solidarity Beyond Borders: What Encourages Indonesian Muslim Students to Boycott Israel?

Iim Halimatusa’diyah|Aptiani Nur Jannah

Southeast Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Edging Closer in an Era of Geopolitical Churn

Ian Storey

What is Shaping Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Policies in Southeast Asia?

Kristina Fong Siew Leng

Podcast

Thailand’s New Conservative Turn

Mathis Lohatepanont

The Supreme Court and Trump’s Tariffs: Restrained or Resurgent?

Stephen Olson

‘Gangster’ Politics? Examining Protest, Power, and Poverty in Indonesia

Ian Wilson