ARTICLES

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.

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity International Relations

1 Feb 2023

Has ASEAN Lost It?

Bilahari Kausikan

Bilahari Kausikan exposes compounded global and internal crises that could make ASEAN irrelevant should it fail to act pragmatically.

ASEAN Unity ASEANFocus Myanmar

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Summit ASEAN Unity ASEANFocus

17 Nov 2022

Reviewing the Review: ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus Implementation

Moe Thuzar|Sharon Seah

The latest from ASEAN leaders on Myanmar shows more steel in the spine but for real progress to be made, Indonesia as the next ASEAN chair must follow through expeditiously.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity Myanmar

10 Jan 2022

Hun Sen’s Visit to Myanmar: A Cambodian View

Chheang Vannarith

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to Myanmar has sparked controversy. The Cambodian view is that fostering a conducive environment for dialogue with the military junta would pave the way for the implementation of ASEAN's five-point consensus.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity Cambodia Diplomacy Myanmar Myanmar Politics

10 Jan 2022

Hun Sen’s Cowboy Diplomacy: Quick Draw or Firing Blanks?

Sharon Seah

By visiting Myanmar, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has demonstrated some derring-do in trying to resolve the crisis in the country. That said, it could be argued that the trip has not moved the needle much.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity Cambodia Diplomacy Myanmar Myanmar Politics

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Summit ASEAN Unity Cambodia

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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