ARTICLES

6 Jun 2024

How Many Southeast Asian Countries Will Attend the Ukraine Peace Summit?

Ian Storey

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskky has pulled out all the stops to get Asian countries to attend the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.

Southeast Asia Ukraine

29 May 2024

Southeast Asia’s Growth Strategies: Business-As-Usual, “Degrowth”, or a Third Way?

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.

A farmer harvesting pineapples in Pingtung county.

23 May 2024

Taiwan’s Economic Pivot Towards Southeast Asia: Bolstering Regional Support for Status Quo

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.

China Southeast Asia Taiwan

21 May 2024

Vietnam Must Not Let Political Rumours Online Undermine Its Anti-Corruption Campaign

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.

Anti-Corruption Corruption Southeast Asia Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

3 May 2024

Resolution of Electoral Dispute Marks Start of Horse-Trading in Indonesia

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.

Indonesia Indonesian Elections Indonesian Politics Southeast Asia

3 May 2024

Cambodia’s Outreach to the West Does Not Change China’s Centrality

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.

Cambodia Cambodia-China Relations China International Relations Southeast Asia

30 Apr 2024

Mineral Security Partnership and Southeast Asia: Forcing Countries to Choose?

Mirza Sadaqat Huda

The US-led Minerals Security Partnership is a two-edged sword for Southeast Asia.

ASEAN Asean Trade International Relations Southeast Asia

29 Apr 2024

Rightsizing Japan’s Economic Influence in 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.

International Relations Japan Japan-Southeast Asia Relations Southeast Asia

19 Apr 2024

Possibilities in Malaysia’s Difficult Path to a Low-Carbon Economy

Vinod Thomas

Malaysia’s climate action commitments are vital, but difficult to achieve. A three-pronged approach opens possibilities to be a low-carbon economy.

Energy Malaysia Renewable Energy Southeast Asia

19 Apr 2024

Japan and Southeast Asia Set to Co-Create an Interwoven Future

Hoang Thi Ha|Pham Thi Phuong Thao

Japan’s decades of cultivating relations with Southeast Asia have not only strengthened their diplomatic and economic ties but also deepened interpersonal and societal interactions, ultimately shifting postwar animosity towards Japan into a prevailing positive sentiment today.

International Relations Japan Japan-Southeast Asia Relations Southeast Asia