New Zealand’s Tilt Towards Southeast Asia: More than Rhetoric?
David Capie
The new New Zealand government has grand plans to step up engagement with Southeast Asia. The question is whether the rhetoric will be matched by actual investments.

David Capie
The new New Zealand government has grand plans to step up engagement with Southeast Asia. The question is whether the rhetoric will be matched by actual investments.
Chang-Yau Hoon|Hafiizh Hashim
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Ian Storey
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskky has pulled out all the stops to get Asian countries to attend the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.
Vinod Thomas
In the face of climate change, Southeast Asian countries could choose between three growth strategies. Business as usual ignores environmental concerns, degrowth risks high social costs. A third path of truly sustainable growth presents the best option.
Hoang Thi Ha|Pham Thi Phuong Thao
Taiwan is seeking to diversify its economy’s dependence on China towards a greater focus on Southeast Asia. This would yield benefits in more ways than one.
Nguyen Thanh Giang
Although it is not easy to pinpoint the leaker of each rumour, the disseminators of such leaks are famous, well-connected social media influencers.
Made Supriatma
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has dismissed a slew of lawsuits related to the country’s elections in February. The ensuing calm only masks the intense horse-trading that is occurring behind the scenes.
Lye Liang Fook
The view that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet is recharting foreign policy — by reaching out to Western countries and relying less on China — is overblown. China remains Cambodia’s closest friend due to its inside track to the Cambodian elite and its pervasive influence in Cambodia’s economy.
Mirza Sadaqat Huda
The US-led Minerals Security Partnership is a two-edged sword for Southeast Asia.
Eugene R.L. Tan
Japan retains an edge in economic influence in Southeast Asia, but it cannot afford to rest on its laurels.