ARTICLES

16 Oct 2025

The Intangible Yet Unmistakable Costs of Myanmar’s Political Crisis

Sharon Seah

The protracted Myanmar crisis is now everyone’s problem. The time for ASEAN to act is now.

29 Aug 2025

In Search of Effective and Peaceful ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

Him Raksmey

Him Raksmey argues that the effectiveness of ASEAN’s dispute settlement mechanisms depends on the comfort level of each member state vis-à-vis one another and ASEAN as a regional institution.

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12 Jun 2025

ASEAN Vision 2045: What Does It Hold for Our Shared Future?

Elizabeth Buensuceso

ASEANFocus+ is pleased to feature H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, the Philippines’ Eminent Person to the High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on the Post-2025 ASEAN Community Vision (ACV). As the ACV 2045 was adopted at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Ambassador Buensuceso offers insights into its development, sharing the formulation process and how the ACV 2045 will help ASEAN navigate an increasingly complex and rapidly evolving geopolitical environment.

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16 Feb 2024

Advancing the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific Beyond Indonesia’s Chairmanship

Joanne Lin

While Indonesia’s Chairmanship in 2023 has advanced the AOIP’s implementation through tangible projects and activities, ASEAN needs to prioritise a consistent and impactful implementation of the AOIP across successive Chairmanships.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity

14 Sep 2023

Does ASEAN Matter for Myanmar?

Moe Thuzar|Sharon Seah

Now that the ASEAN Summit is over, serious questions remain about how exactly the regional grouping can begin to resolve the Myanmar crisis, despite stronger words and a slight toughening of position.

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5 Jul 2023

A Divided ASEAN: Will Disunity Derail the Regional Organisation?

Joanne Lin

Joanne Lin examines the challenges to ASEAN’s unity ahead of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ and related meetings, and highlights why ASEAN needs to move towards a more flexible modus operandi.

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9 Mar 2023

Indonesia Shepherding an ASEAN Digital Community

Maria Monica Wihardja|Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman

A truly regional digital community with borderless transactions and equitable access to online services must start with actual progress in the smallest of goals for an ASEAN-wide digitisation and digitalisation.

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23 Feb 2023

The Era of Coalitions: The Shifting Nature of Alignments in Asia

Zack Cooper

As the world becomes more multipolar, many countries are likely to prefer flexible alignments over fixed alliances, creating a far more complex web of relationships. This era of coalitions poses a particular challenge for Southeast Asian states, which have heretofore sought to avoid such alignments to maintain ASEAN unity and centrality.

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