ARTICLES

16 Aug 2023

ASEAN Economy Cannot Afford Business as Usual

Julia Tijaja|Denis Hew

Julia Tijaja and Denis Hew call for a renewed focus on productivity, for ASEAN’s long-term growth and competitiveness in its post-2025 economic agenda.

8 Aug 2023

The Untapped Potential of Carbon Credit Trading in ASEAN

Renard Siew

ASEAN holds out immense potential for generating carbon credits, given the region’s incredibly rich biodiversity and abundance of renewable energy sources. Member countries should collectively forge commitment and a timeline for implementing regionwide carbon trading.

ASEAN Climate Change

7 Aug 2023

Is ASEAN Truly for the People?

Joanne Lin

Joanne Lin explores the importance of a people-centred ASEAN and ways that the organisation can enhance engagement with its people, ahead of the 56th ASEAN Day celebrations.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Regional Cooperation

7 Aug 2023

Leveraging Dirt: Soil as Southeast Asia’s Under-explored Solution for Carbon Mitigation and Food Security

Elyssa Kaur Ludher

The world’s soils are under threat due to deforestation, urbanisation, agriculture, and pollution. Southeast Asia should prioritise sustainable soil management to reap the benefits of carbon mitigation and enhance food security.

ASEAN Climate Change

17 Jul 2023

Can Indonesia Ensure That ASEAN Remains in the Driver’s Seat?

Joanne Lin

Joanne Lin looks at what the recent ASEAN High-Level Meetings have achieved and if ASEAN can indeed play a regional leadership role under Indonesia’s Chairmanship.

ASEAN ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting ASEANFocus Indonesia Regional Cooperation

17 Jul 2023

A Divided ASEAN Cannot Help Myanmar’s People

Moe Thuzar|Sharon Seah

Moe Thuzar and Sharon Seah examine ASEAN's latest response to the Myanmar crisis arising from the 56th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.

ASEAN ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting ASEANFocus Myanmar

12 Jul 2023

Yoon’s Realignment with the US: Will ASEAN be Relevant for ROK?

Ratih Indraswari|Melinda Martinus

Ratih Indraswari and Melinda Martinus analyse South Korea’s foreign policy direction and engagement with ASEAN under President Yoon Suk Yeol’s leadership.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Indo-Pacific South Korea

6 Jul 2023

Current Key Drivers of ASEAN Integration: Digital Skills and Mobilities

Melinda Martinus|Farah Nadine Seth

The ASEAN Digital Integration Index (ADII) shows that the area of digital skills and talent is ASEAN’s worst-performing indicator of the six digital integration benchmarks used to measure digital integration. This Long Read offers some analysis of the underlying causes of this dismal performance and identifies three opportunities to enhance digital skills.

ASEAN ASEAN Connectivity ASEAN Master Plan

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity ASEANFocus