ARTICLES

30 Mar 2023

Sustainable Transformation in ASEAN

ASEANFocus Issue 1/2023 is now available for download.

ASEAN ASEANFocus

21 Mar 2023

Policymakers' View

Partnering with ASEAN to Promote Peace in Myanmar

Derek Chollet

The United States stands ready to work with ASEAN and other partners in the region to bring about the return of stability and prosperity in Myanmar.

16 Mar 2023

Minilateral Cooperation in ASEAN May Help it Overcome Challenges in Multilateralism

Joanne Lin|Laura Lee

ASEAN regionalism is increasingly seen as being slow and ineffective. Minilateral cooperation could be the way forward to allow a smaller group of like-minded ASEAN countries to work together in a targeted manner to deliver results where it matters.

ASEAN

10 Mar 2023

Environmental Rights as Human Rights in ASEAN: Why Not?

Linda Yanti Sulistiawati

The confluence of ASEAN’s attention on climate change and its far-reaching consequences for the region and international currents supporting the protection of environmental rights opens a small window of opportunity for action.

ASEAN Climate Change

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Unity Indonesia Indonesian Economy

8 Mar 2023

ASEAN’s Engagement in the Indo-Pacific

Pongphisoot Busbarat|Richard Javad Heydarian|Hoang Thi Ha|Shafiah F. Muhibat|Bich Tran

ASEANFocus invites experts to assess ASEAN’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific and how the region can advance its role in shaping the regional architecture amid the shift in the geopolitical landscape.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Indo-Pacfic Regional Cooperation Security

8 Mar 2023

Promoting Global Digital Supply Chains in ASEAN

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy|Pham Thi Phuong Thao

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy and Pham Thi Phuong Thao discuss key challenges facing ASEAN in promoting digital supply chains amid the shift of multinational corporations’ (MNCs) operations to the region.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Digitalisation Global Value Chains Supply Chains

1 Mar 2023

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.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Philippine Philippine Politics

28 Feb 2023

Is ASEAN Centrality on Life Support?

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.

ASEAN ASEAN Neutrality State of Southeast Asia Survey

27 Feb 2023

ASEAN’s Agricultural Climate Resilience: Is Strengthening Domestic Production Enough?

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.

ASEAN Climate Change Food Security