Trump 2.0 Hollowing US Human Connections to Southeast Asia
Hoang Thi Ha|Eugene R.L. Tan
The US’ human and intellectual connections to Southeast Asia are gradually being undermined.

Hoang Thi Ha|Eugene R.L. Tan
The US’ human and intellectual connections to Southeast Asia are gradually being undermined.
Stephen Olson
China and the US have reasons to work together to tackle the scourge of cyberfraud in Southeast Asia. The problem, however, is that their geopolitical rivalry gets in the way.
Nilufer Oral
Many legal experts have used the aegis of international law to challenge Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The reality, however, is that the application of international law to the situation is more nuanced.
Sophie Wushuang Yi
The US-led war against Iran has given Chinese military planners an insight into the challenges that the US would face in a similar conflict in the Indo-Pacific.
Joanne Lin|William Choong
The US-Japan alliance remains secure, but insecurity is mounting in Asia about the firmness of the US’ commitment to the region.
Stephen Olson
The economic fallout of the war, coupled with Trump’s self-preservation instincts, could induce a partial climbdown on tariffs—but Section 301 and other tariffs are under way and might endure.
Stephen Olson
Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok-Aun speaks with Stephen Olson, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, on the implications of the US Supreme Court declaring Trump’s IEEPA-based tariffs illegal.
Stephen Olson
The Supreme Court has struck down President Trump’s IEEPA reciprocal tariffs, but the practical outcome on Southeast Asia is likely to be negligible. Further complications arise from his reimposition of tariffs through other means and the potential political fallout in his party.
Hoang Thi Ha
The 2nd Trump administration has overturned long-standing pillars of US foreign policy, slashing aid, weaponising tariffs, and dismantling multilateral and normative commitments. Southeast Asia – with deep ties to the US economically, strategically, and developmentally – has been particularly vulnerable to these shocks.
Hoang Thi Ha|Aries A. Arugay
What can Southeast Asia learn from the US' recent actions in Venezuela?