What Does Marcos 2.0 Mean for ASEAN?
Julio S. Amador III
Julio Amador III explains how the new Marcos Jr. Administration can play a more proactive role in the regional bloc.

Julio S. Amador III
Julio Amador III explains how the new Marcos Jr. Administration can play a more proactive role in the regional bloc.
Zack Cooper
The term “ASEAN centrality” is used so often that one assumes the concept is alive and well. But as recent polling suggests, ASEAN centrality is at the risk of going bankrupt.
Qiu Jiahui|Sharon Seah
To achieve global food security, there is a need not only to increase domestic production, but also to adapt to the climatic impacts on agriculture. This is particularly pertinent in Southeast 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.
Zha Daojiong
Zha Daojiong articulates the key principles of China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) and what it means for ASEAN.
Chong Ja Ian
Chong Ja Ian calls attention to the need for new ASEAN leaders to adapt to a changing global order.
Joanne Lin
Joanne Lin explains what a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership status means and how it should be leveraged to achieve ASEAN’s strategic interests.
Jayant Menon
The Southeast Asian economy is looking up, after absorbing the blow of several downside risks in 2022. Continued growth in 2023 will depend on China’s recovery, the management of the fallout from the U.S.-China trade war and the war in Ukraine.
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
The ASEAN digital economy is running sub-optimally due to fragmented regulatory frameworks. Increased coherence will enable the region’s firms to break out of their local markets and raise revenues from the expansion of consumer markets.
Sharon Seah|Moe Thuzar
Southeast Asians are looking to ASEAN’s titular head Indonesia to take the lead to resolve the political crisis in Myanmar. But Jakarta’s first steps as ASEAN Chair have left something to be desired.