An Unbalanced Balancing Act – Anwar Ibrahim’s Foreign Policy
Ong Kian Ming
The Malaysian Prime Minister’s recent overseas interactions have raised questions about whether he is pursuing a foreign policy strategy in his country’s best interests.

Ong Kian Ming
The Malaysian Prime Minister’s recent overseas interactions have raised questions about whether he is pursuing a foreign policy strategy in his country’s best interests.
Ian Storey
The uneven responses of Southeast Asian nation-states to the recent summit in Switzerland on peace for Ukraine shows that other geopolitical preoccupations loom larger in the region.
The State of Southeast Asia Survey
Ian Storey
Despite the Russia-Ukraine war’s geographical distance from Southeast Asia, the conflict continues to be a major concern for the region’s elite, especially in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Ian Storey
A small number of Southeast Asians are fighting in the war in Ukraine. They appear to be motivated by a mix of factors.
Ian Storey
Russia is employing the selective use of history to further its goals in Southeast Asia.
Ian Storey
U.S. President Joseph Biden will travel to Hanoi next month. Russian President Vladimir Putin could be next. This leaves Vietnam in a right (Russian) pickle.
Daljit Singh
Apologists for the Russian invasion of Ukraine lay the blame on NATO’s eastward expansion. But Russian discomfort over the expansion cannot justify its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
Kateryna Zelenko|C. Raja Mohan
In this episode of Dialogues at Fulcrum, Dr William Choong, Managing Editor of Fulcrum, talks to Ambassador Kateryna Zelenko and Prof C. Raja Mohan about the implications of the war against Ukraine on Southeast Asia. Ambassador Zelenko is the Ukrainian ambassador to Singapore and long-serving diplomat with her country’s Foreign Ministry. Prof Mohan is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi, a contributing editor on International affairs at the Indian Express and a visiting professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.
Ian Storey
The Russia-Ukraine War complicated but did not derail the ASEAN, G20 and APEC summits in Southeast Asia.
Wai Moe
The relationship between Myanmar and Russia has become increasingly close. This is fueled by practical considerations as well as geopolitics.