22 Oct 2021 Southeast Asian Responses to AUKUS: Arms Racing, Non-Proliferation and Regional Stability William Choong|Ian Storey AUKUS is a wake-up call to ASEAN that it needs to be more proactive on security issues and cannot take its centrality for granted. ASEAN Unity AUKUS Australia China Quad South China Sea Southeast Asia U.S.
13 Oct 2021 Slammed by The Delta “Force”: Turns In The Covid-19 Wars In Southeast Asia Choi Shing Kwok Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, Southeast Asian countries have realised that they must continually adapt their strategies to stay ahead of the game. COVID-19 Health Southeast Asia
13 Oct 2021 Southeast Asians Weigh In On Climate Issues Sharon Seah|Melinda Martinus|Qiu Jiahui A climate outlook survey conducted by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute shows that Southeast Asians expect their government to exert more effort in addressing the issue. Climate Change Environment Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey
5 Oct 2021 Twenty Years On: Reflections on The Aftermath of 9/11 and The New Era of Geo-Politics Daljit Singh Twenty years after the historic 9/11 attacks on the United States, the threat of terrorism has largely been contained and a new era of great power competition has returned. States in Southeast Asia need to have a deep appreciation of what drives China and the US in order to maintain agency amid geopolitical flux. China-U.S. Relations Southeast Asia U.S. U.S. Foreign Policy
10 Sep 2021 The Russia-China Strategic Partnership and Southeast Asia: Alignments and Divergences Ian Storey The Sino-Russian nexus has been strengthening against the backdrop of heightening US-Russia and US-China strategic rivalry. This has some implications for Southeast Asia as Russia and China continue to oppose US hegemony and work to undermine America’s alliances and partnerships. China Defence Russia South China Sea Southeast Asia
7 Sep 2021 Buy Now Pay Later in Vietnam: Expectations and Challenges Ahead Nicolas Lainez|Trịnh Phan Khánh The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) fintech segment has promising prospects in Vietnam. But care must be taken to mitigate against potential pitfalls for less financially literate consumers. Southeast Asia Vietnam Vietnamese Economy
6 Sep 2021 Easier Monetary Policies Amid Covid-19: Maintain, Not Roll Back Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy|Neo Guo Wei Kevin Southeast Asia economies have maintained easier monetary policies to cushion the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now that prices are trending upward, they should think twice before tightening the policies. ASEAN COVID-19 Southeast Asia
20 Aug 2021 Delta Variant Should Not Derail Southeast Asia’s Economic Recovery Jayant Menon While the Delta variant of the coronavirus has had a significant impact on Southeast Asia economies, it is unlikely that economies will return to the troughs that they saw in 2020. COVID-19 Economic Development Southeast Asia
17 Aug 2021 Biden’s Foreign Policy to Southeast Asia: More Pragmatism than Ideology Hoang Thi Ha The Biden Administration has gone big guns on promoting its values-based democracy agenda in the Indo-Pacific. It is time for a rethink. ASEAN Southeast Asia State of Southeast Asia Survey U.S. U.S. Foreign Policy
16 Aug 2021 Vaccine Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: Russia Squanders its Sputnik Moment Ian Storey For a country that was first off the blocks, Russia has a long way to go if it wants to catch up with China and the United States in the game of vaccine diplomacy COVID-19 Health Russia Southeast Asia Vaccine Diplomacy
