New ASEAN Power Grid Agreement Must Reflect New Needs
Mirza Sadaqat Huda
It’s time to incorporate new key priorities into the pact to better address current realities of energy interconnection and serve future needs.

Mirza Sadaqat Huda
It’s time to incorporate new key priorities into the pact to better address current realities of energy interconnection and serve future needs.
Sharon Seah
The geopolitical tensions engulfing the world will make the year ahead for ASEAN — and Malaysia as Chair — a challenging one.
Barbora Valockova
There are strategic imperatives for ASEAN to engage more deeply with Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s biggest country. There are, however, challenges to be overcome.
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy evaluates how the key achievements of Lao PDR’s ASEAN chairmanship contributed to the region’s resilience and unity.
Julia Tijaja|Muhammad Habib Abiyan Dzakwan
To prepare for the ratcheting up of geoeconomic tensions, ASEAN members should seek strength in numbers and look to their own community to navigate difficult terrain in the coming years.
Paul Teng
To ensure the food security of our region amidst climate change, there is no time like the present to determine how climate and digital technologies can work together to feed ASEAN.
Thomas Daniel|Joanne Lin|Don McLain Gill|John Lee|Maria Monica Wihardja|Brian Eyler
The re-election of Donald Trump as the President of the US for a second term is poised to reshape the trajectory of ASEAN-US relations, bringing significant shifts across multiple domains. In December, ASEANFocus+ sought experts’ insights on how the dynamics of this partnership are expected to evolve, in areas of geopolitics, trade, the South China Sea, technological governance, energy, and environmental cooperation.
Outlook 2025
Sharon Seah|Moe Thuzar
After years of intractability, the regional organisation needs to move as one to make any headway on Myanmar. It is not clear this can be done without inclusive conversations.
Lance Wu
Lance Wu investigates the prevalence of cyber scams in the region and the challenges in responding to them while protecting ASEAN’s digital transformation.
Outlook 2025
Kristina Fong Siew Leng
As ASEAN’s chair next year, Malaysia is well-placed to pilot ASEAN through economic turbulence, particularly at a time of intense geopolitical flux.