Jiye Kim|Thomas Wilkins
Like many ASEAN member states, South Korea has sought to avoid “choosing sides” between China and the United States. It has adopted an uneasy equidistance between the two great powers and their respective Indo-Pacific Strategy and Belt and Road Initiative power plays.
Norshahril Saat
Prime Minister Muhyiddin’s clock is ticking, and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is holding it.
Zack Cooper
The Biden administration will need to get both its words and actions right to rebuild trust in the USA in Southeast Asia.
Joseph Chinyong Liow
President-elect Biden will restore a more traditional style of diplomacy to the United States, but domestic considerations will weigh heavily on American foreign policy – and Washington’s approach to Southeast Asia.
Choi Shing Kwok
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Termsak Chalermpalanupap
The political temperature in Thailand is set to raise, as protest leaders up the ante and demand the reform of the monarchy. A separate process of constitutional amendment in Parliament will skirt the contentious issue.
Malcolm Cook
The signing of the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is significant, and not only due to the fact that the trade deal will cover a third of the world’s population and GDP. The RCEP also affirms the power of the East Asia concept and ASEAN’s centrality within it.
Kevin Zhang|Lee Hwok-Aun
Malaysia’s 2021 budget strikes a conciliatory tone, but it will face some vigorous debate in parliament.
Ahmad Najib Burhani
The return of a firebrand cleric to Indonesia will have an impact on the dynamics of religiosity in the country. It will also empower and consolidate groups opposed to the government of Joko Widodo.
Nyi Nyi Kyaw
The reasons for voting in Myanmar are helping to consolidate its new democracy.