Omicron: Threat to ASEAN’s Trade Recovery
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
The new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus could impact trade in goods and services in ASEAN economies due to increased travel restrictions and the risk of more lockdowns.
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
The new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus could impact trade in goods and services in ASEAN economies due to increased travel restrictions and the risk of more lockdowns.
Phi Minh Hong
The adoption of digital technology can help Southeast Asian countries adapt to the effects of climate change.
Sharon Seah|Melinda Martinus|Ryan Wong
The conclusion of the 26th Conference of Parties in Glasgow has several implications for Southeast Asia.
Melinda Martinus|Sharon Seah
Although geopolitics is encroaching onto climate change discussions, a poll shows that Southeast Asians remain objective and pragmatic. Achieving climate goals in the region depends on realpolitik and ASEAN leaders’ shrewdness in tapping resources from all major powers.
Robert Sutter
Despite the Biden government’s efforts to improve relations with Southeast Asia, considerable domestic constraints hinder Washington from joining multilateral economic groups or de-emphasising human rights concerns to compete more effectively with China in Southeast Asia.
Vu Thi Phuong Mai|Phi Minh Hong
Small and medium sized enterprises in Southeast Asia have been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. A way forward is for them to leverage on digital technologies to open up new markets.
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.
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.
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.
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.