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14 Oct 2024

Ishiba’s New Security Proposals: A Bridge Too Far for ASEAN?

Tang Siew Mun

New Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba has brought some new security proposals to the region. They are unlikely to find a warm reception.

11 Oct 2024

Uncertainties Cloud Trump’s Security Strategies to Asia

Daljit Singh

There are broadly two schools of thought regarding the geostrategic policies of former US President Donald Trump if he returns to the White House. One focuses on his unpredictability and isolationist tendencies, the other on his desire to bolster deterrence.

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9 Oct 2024

US Not Walking the Talk in Southeast Asia

Joanne Lin

President Joe Biden is, once again, not attending the ASEAN-US Summit. Though this is understandable given the upcoming election, the US seems to be losing ground in Southeast Asia amid growing Chinese influence.

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8 Sep 2023

43rd ASEAN Summit: B for Outcomes, A for Grit

Joanne Lin|Sharon Seah|Melinda Martinus|Kristina Fong Siew Leng

Joanne Lin, Sharon Seah, Melinda Martinus, and Kristina Fong examine the key deliverables of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and assess Indonesia’s Chairmanship.

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1 Feb 2023

Visioning ASEAN Post-2025 Through Storm-Clouds of Change

Elizabeth Buensuceso

Elizabeth Buensuceso provides an overview on the process and aspirations of envisioning the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision.

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16 Nov 2022

ASEAN’s Season of Summitry: More Hits or Misses?

Sharon Seah|Joanne Lin|Melinda Martinus

Going into 2022, ASEAN flew into a perfect storm of challenges within and without. With the annual ASEAN summits over, the grouping is none the worse for the wear.

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10 Nov 2021

Cambodia’s Chairing of ASEAN: The Heat is On

Joanne Lin

As the chair of ASEAN in 2022, Cambodia will have a lot to prove, be it on issues such as Myanmar, the South China Sea, and the grouping’s external relations.

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5 Nov 2021

ASEAN Summits: Be Like Water

Sharon Seah|Moe Thuzar

In this episode of Dialogues at Fulcrum, William Choong, Managing Editor of Fulcrum, talks to ISEAS researchers Moe Thuzar and Sharon Seah about the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits. They discuss the key highlights of the meetings, ASEAN’s continued engagement with external powers such as Australia, China and the United States, and Cambodia’s chairing of ASEAN in 2022.

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28 Oct 2021

The SAC Versus ASEAN: The Futility of Legal Recourse

Hoang Thi Ha

Myanmar’s State Administration Council has challenged a decision by ASEAN’s foreign minister to bar its leader from attending the grouping’s year-end summits. The legal merits of the Council’s position are disputable.

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14 May 2021

Is the East Asia Summit Suffering Erosion?

Hoang Thi Ha|Malcolm Cook

Over the last decade, the EAS, by default and by ASEAN’s design, has been the peak mechanism in the ASEAN-led regional architecture. Keeping it so will not be easy, amidst shifting big-power dynamics and the growing attractiveness of smaller and more effective regional mechanisms.

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