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From Consensus to Consequence: Rethinking ASEAN’s Myanmar Approach 

The self-admitted failure of ASEAN’s “Five-Point Consensus” demands an escalatory response. 

Asean to step up push for South China Sea code, energy security

Deeper economic cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will hinge on whether a code can be laid down to govern maritime territory and activity in...

Anwar urges Asean to set up food security mechanism for regional crises

CEBU, May 8 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has proposed that the relevant Asean ministers urgently expl...

Asean members warm towards Myanmar, raising hopes it could come in from the cold

Sentiment is warming among some Southeast Asian members towards easing Myanmar’s isolation five years after a coup, with diplomats signalling a possible opening to bring the crisis...

ASEAN foreign ministers urge US and Iran to push for permanent resolution

MANILA, April 13 (Reuters) - ASEAN foreign ministers called on Monday for the United States and Iran to continue negotiating a permanent end to their conflict, and to implement the...

ASEAN leaders to create shared fuel reserve for future crises

Asean Chair Marcos: Thailand, Cambodia agree to continue peace talks

CEBU, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Cambodia and Thailand vowed to pursue peaceful dialogue and confidence-building measures to address their border dispute ahe...

ASEAN in Cebu: Solutions to Middle East crisis needed ASAP but nothing concrete yet

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Southeast Asian leaders discussed operationalization of a shared power grid, establishing an ASEAN Maritime Center, and the situation in Myanmar...

A Test for Timor-Leste, and ASEAN, on Myanmar

Timor-Leste’s accession has created a rare opening for ASEAN to clarify whether it stands for anything more than procedural restraint. 

Southeast Asian leaders will reaffirm core values in veiled Mideast war rebuke

Southeast Asian leaders plan to issue a contingency plan that upholds international law, sovereignty and freedom of navigation in what could be seen as a veiled rebuke to the Unite...

Southeast Asian nations start summit, aiming to tackle energy crisis

Thai, Cambodian leaders to meet on sidelines amid ceasefire Chair Philippines says ASEAN must strengthen crisis coordination ASEAN to call for opening of Strait of Hormuz Bloc will...

ASEAN leaders under pressure to address economic fallout of Iran conflict

ASEAN leaders under pressure to address economic fallout of Iran conflict

Rappler Recap: Solutions needed ASAP, but no specifics from ASEAN leaders

Rappler's Bea Cupin recaps what happened — or did not happen — during the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu

Rappler Recap: Solutions needed ASAP, but no specifics from ASEAN leaders

Rappler's Bea Cupin recaps what happened — or did not happen — during the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu

Thailand, Cambodia pledge to forge lasting peace at Asean meet after border clashes

The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to pursue trust-building measures to advance a fragile ceasefire and establish peace, after rare talks over last year’s dead...

Vietnam's top leader pledges to help build safer, more resilient and prosperous Asia-Pacific

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam on May 29 attended and delivered a keynote address at the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue, as part of his state visit to Singapore.

With world leaders’ ‘abysmal failure’ to uphold global order, ASEAN holds lessons: Timor-Leste president

President José Ramos-Horta also called on the Southeast Asian grouping to have the “audacity to declare the South China Sea a zone of peace” in a special address at the Shangri-La...

Sustained security can’t come from ‘barrel of a gun’: East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta

The world can learn diplomatic lessons from Asean, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has said in a strongly worded rebuke to existing global power structures. At the Shangri-La...

ASEAN Leaders Call For Middle East Calm, Reopening of Strait of Hormuz

The region has also pledged to move forward with a fuel-sharing agreement to offset shortages of oil from the Persian Gulf.

Four-nation bloc emerges from Islamabad talks

ASEAN’s Angry Summit

Frustration bubbles with the United States ahead of the leaders’ gathering in Cebu.

Shangri-La Dialogue: Vietnam’s To Lam warns of 3 crises converging in Asia-Pacific security

Vietnam’s leader To Lam on Friday struck a sombre tone at a summit when he warned of three foundational crises converging to cause global instabilities – those of international ord...

Philippines pushes for South China Sea code by year end: ‘we owe it to the world’

As Southeast Asian leaders descend on Cebu in the Philippines for the 48th Asean summit on May 8, immediate concerns such as the global energy crunch will top the agenda. Yet a yea...