25 Sep 2025 Malaysia’s Fifth-Generation Fighter Jet Problem: Can the Kaan Make the Cut? Ian Storey Given its ageing fleet of fighter jets, Malaysia needs to get a plane soon. But its choices are limited. China Malaysia Military South Korea 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
8 Aug 2025 Southeast Asia Should Be Clear-Eyed As It Navigates Trump’s Tariff Fog Stephen Olson With the tariff regime announced on 31 July, Trump has upended the global trade system that has benefited Southeast Asia tremendously. Donald Trump Southeast Asia Trade US
6 Aug 2025 Where Does Southeast Asia Fit Within the MAGA Worldview? Ryan Hass US President Trump and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement behind him will overlap uneasily with Southeast Asia’s foreign policy orientation. Donald Trump Southeast Asia U.S. Foreign Policy US
31 Jul 2025 What the Weak Must Suffer: Indonesia’s High-Cost Trade Deal with the US Maria Monica Wihardja|Siwage Dharma Negara A fast deal is not necessarily a good deal if Indonesia strikes an unequal trade bargain to avoid higher tariffs. Indonesia Indonesian Economy Indonesian Politics Tariffs 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
