24 Feb 2025 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. ASEAN Energy Laos Malaysia Singapore Thailand
8 Jan 2025 Lao PDR’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2024: Advancing Regional Economic Integration, Connectivity and Resilience Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy evaluates how the key achievements of Lao PDR’s ASEAN chairmanship contributed to the region’s resilience and unity. ASEAN ASEANFocus Laos
30 Oct 2024 Triangle Trouble: What’s Next for Vietnam’s Indochina Strategy? Nguyen Khac Giang Cambodia’s withdrawal from a trilateral development triangle involving Laos and Vietnam spells trouble for Hanoi’s 'near abroad' regional strategy. Cambodia Laos Vietnam Vietnamese Economy
17 Oct 2024 Cambodia’s Trilateral Deal Pullout Strains its Relations with Vietnam Huynh Tam Sang The Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam tripartite split signals an assertive Cambodia and the onset of a precipitous deterioration in its ties with Vietnam. Cambodia Laos Vietnam
15 Oct 2024 A Small Country’s Big Moment in ASEAN Amid Challenges Joanne Lin|Sharon Seah|Melinda Martinus|Kristina Fong Siew Leng Joanne Lin, Sharon Seah, Melinda Martinus, and Kristina Fong examine the outcomes of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and assess Laos’ achievement as the ASEAN Chair. ASEAN ASEAN Summit ASEANFocus Laos
5 Sep 2024 Laos’ Connectivity Drive Paves the Way for ASEAN’s Integration Melinda Martinus|Joanne Lin Melinda Martinus and Joanne Lin argue that as ASEAN Chair in 2024, Laos has defied scepticism by prioritising connectivity — physical and digital — to foster regional integration. ASEAN ASEAN Connectivity ASEANFocus Laos
30 Jul 2024 ASEAN’s Unity Under the Microscope Joanne Lin|Sharon Seah Laos, the current chair of ASEAN, has found that it has to grapple with increasingly contentious geopolitical issues. ASEAN China Laos Philippine South China Sea
22 Feb 2024 The ASEAN Power Grid: How the LTMS-PIP Can Inform the BIMP-PIP’s Development Mirza Sadaqat Huda A quartet of ASEAN member countries have taken a first important step towards the vision of a regional power grid. The next step is to look back for lessons learned to move forward and improve collaboration, leveraging the experience of not just officials but stakeholders in the private sector. ASEAN Brunei Climate Change Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippine Singapore Thailand
31 Jan 2024 What is Laos’ Game Plan for the Myanmar crisis? Sharon Seah|Moe Thuzar Whether it was Laos' effort in persuading the SAC to send a representative or the junta changing their minds, Laos should continue to harness a family effort to get the junta to adhere to the grouping’s Five Point Consensus. ASEAN Laos Myanmar
26 Jan 2024 Connectivity and Resilience in the ASEAN Power Grid 2.0 under Laos’ ASEAN Chairmanship Sharon Seah|Mirza Sadaqat Huda Sharon Seah and Mirza Sadaqat Huda examine Laos’ potential role in leading regional energy interconnectivity in ASEAN. ASEAN ASEAN Connectivity ASEANFocus Laos
