27 Nov 2025 Pax Americana Is Over: What Comes Next and How Will It Impact Southeast Asia? Ryan Hass The world is transitioning out of a U.S.-led international order, but there is not yet clarity on the attributes of the next international order that will take its place. This Long Read argues that the period of transition could be turbulent, but it need not be destructive to the upward growth prospects of Southeast Asia. ASEAN-US Relations China US
24 Nov 2025 PAS’ ‘Civilisational Outrage’ at the US Rings Hollow When China Gets a Pass Syaza Shukri Malaysia’s Parti Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS) doth protest too much about the prime minister’s engagement of the US, when its own dealings with China raise similar questions. Malaysia Malaysian Politics US
24 Oct 2025 MAGA Show on ASEAN’s Stage: Guarded Expectations Joanne Lin|William Choong President Trump will make a spectacle of his presence in Kuala Lumpur, but is unlikely to offer ASEAN the reliable, long-term engagement it seeks. ASEAN Summit ASEAN-US Relations US
17 Sep 2025 Will Trump Revolutionise American Foreign Policy? Ryan Hass Post Trump 2.0, US foreign policy will not likely continue on its current trajectory. That said, however, it also will not likely revert to the foreign policy before Trump’s ascent to power. US
2 Sep 2025 US-China AI Competition: Southeast Asia Will Need to Strike a Balance Ryan Hass As China and the US intensify competition in the AI domain, Southeast Asia countries will find themselves in the same old dilemma of “not choosing sides”. Artificial Intelligence China US
20 Aug 2025 Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect – What Now? Stephen Olson Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok Aun speaks with Stephen Olson, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, on making sense of the Trump tariffs and thinking through the unpredictabilities. Dialogues at Fulcrum Southeast Asia Tariffs Trade US
19 Aug 2025 Ceasefire on Borrowed Time: The Fragility of Great Power Mediation in the Thai-Cambodian Dispute Napon Jatusripitak|Tita Sanglee The involvement of China and the US in the Thai-Cambodian dispute is useful, but it also obscures the need for both Southeast Asian neighbours to reduce the incidence of escalation on the ground. Cambodia-Thailand Relations China US
24 Jul 2025 Trump’s Tariff Deal With the Philippines: All Praise, Little Gain JC Punongbayan|Aries A. Arugay For all the praise that US President Trump lavished on his Philippine counterpart, Marcos Jr. had little to account for from his high-profile visit to the US. Philippine Philippine-U.S. Relations U.S. Foreign Policy US
23 Jul 2025 Trump’s Tariff Deals With Southeast Asia: It’s Complicated Stephen Olson Given current information available regarding the US’ tariff regime towards countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia, it is hard to assess which regional countries will come up tops in the ongoing saga. ASEAN-US Relations International Trade Trade US
4 Jul 2025 US Duties on Southeast Asian Solar Panel Exports: Where the Sun Does Not Shine Archanun Kohpaiboon The US has imposed new duties on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian countries to address unfair Chinese trade practices. The duties will continue to be part of Washington’s arsenal of options. Antidumping Cambodia China Malaysia Solar Imports Thailand US Vietnam
