ARTICLES

1 Oct 2026

Between Ambition and Trust: Tracking Southeast Asia’s Climate Transition

Sharon Seah

The 2026 Southeast Asia Climate Outlook survey reveals a region anxious about current global crises, yet steadfast in supporting the climate transition.

30 Sep 2026

Southeast Asia’s Mixed AI Stacks: Pragmatic but Not Risk-Free

Zenobia Chan

Regional initiatives such as Singapore’s SEA-LION and Indonesia’s Sahabat-AI show that Southeast Asia can combine technologies from American, Chinese, and regional sources. But mixed AI stacks do not automatically reduce dependence.

Artificial Intelligence Large Language Model Southeast Asia

21 Sep 2026

As Trump and Xi Prepare to Meet, What Should Southeast Asia be Watching?

Stephen Olson

The upcoming Trump-Xi summit will not settle any “Grand Bargain”, but what happens to the year-long US-China trade truce will have implications for Southeast Asia.

China-U.S. Relations Economy Southeast Asia Tariffs

21 Sep 2026

How the Lianyungang Forum Packages China’s Public-Security Diplomacy

Hoang Thi Ha

The Lianyungang Forum, which increasingly draws Southeast Asian participation, seeks to validate China’s state-centric approach to public-security governance and diffuse Chinese public-security technologies.

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17 Sep 2026

Regional Haze Casts a Pall on ASEAN’s Influence

Melinda Martinus

The return of smoke haze underscores a sobering reality: while ASEAN has policies designed to combat it, the problem continues to occur.

ASEAN Climate Change Environment Haze Southeast Asia

16 Sep 2026

For Southeast Asia, the AI Race Is About Access, Not Supremacy

Zenobia Chan

The region’s stake in AI is not simply which great power builds the most capable model. The key is to ensure that AI remains affordable, locally relevant, continuously available and politically accessible.

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31 Aug 2026

Southeast Asia and AI Adoption: The Return of Cold War Strategies

Tobias Burgers|Tran Nguyen

Southeast Asian countries are seeking to adopt some measure of autonomy in the AI technology competition between China and the US. The question is whether such efforts can be successful.

Artificial Intelligence Cold War Southeast Asia Technology

24 Aug 2026

The 45-Minute Standard: Making Southeast Asia’s Industrial Parks Efficient and Liveable

Marco Kamiya|Wang Xingping|Dong Mingjuan

Industrial parks remain the workhorse of manufacturing-led development, but they are sometimes built as enclaves separated from surrounding communities. Southeast Asian governments should adopt a simple test: can workers, services and suppliers all be reached within 45 minutes?

Manufacturing Southeast Asia Sustainable Development