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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...

Iran War Hurts ASEAN, But It Still Needs the US

Washington retains its centrality in the emerging architecture of deterrence to China

ASEAN Unity and Japan’s Role Amid US-China Tensions

Japan needs to recognize its role in strengthening ASEAN’s autonomy as part of its own economic strategy.

ASEAN unity and Japan’s role amid U.S.-China tensions

Japan needs to recognize its role in strengthening ASEAN's autonomy as part of its own economic strategy.

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. 

With proposed FTA, Asean set to be ‘central’ in Canada’s trade diversification

Canada’s proposed free-trade agreement with Asean could help the region expand its sectors ranging from mining to manufacturing and boost Ottawa’s aim to lessen its dependence on t...

Building ASEAN resilience in an age of global shocks

At last week’s gathering of leaders and decision makers from member-nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), discussions centered not only on climate resilien...

ASEAN 2026 takes center stage at BusinessWorld Economic Forum 2026

THE PHILIPPINES’ chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year will be placed in the spotlight during the country’s premier business gathering, the B...

Doubts about Trump strain Southeast Asia’s US-China balancing act

For years, Southeast Asian countries have preferred to avoid taking sides between China and the United States. This year’s State of Southeast Asia survey shows that this approach s...

What the China-US stability pact means for Southeast Asia

When Xi Jinping and Donald Trump concluded their Beijing summit, the most consequential outcome – for China at least – may prove not material, but conceptual: the adoption of “cons...

Southeast Asia Hedging Bets and Alignment Webs Beyond the US-China Lens

Beyond U.S.-China competition or rules-based order anxiety, states are pursuing their own North Stars in geopolitics and geoeconomics.

Why Asean neutrality in Iran war is key to unlocking Strait of Hormuz

Asean’s neutrality in the Iran conflict is key to granting access to the coveted Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran likely seeking to win global opinion amid its war with the United Sta...

Energy crisis front and centre as ASEAN leaders prepare for summit 

By Mikhail Flores and Karen LemaCEBU, Philippines, May 7 (Reuters) - Conflicts far beyond Southeast Asia are expected to dominate discussions of leaders of the regional ASEAN bloc...

Asia trade and the ASEAN summit

The annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held on May 7 to 8 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. The Philippines is the Chair of the ASEAN this year. The...

Why Asean cooperation remains primary shield against Malacca Strait tolls

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East has turned the spotlight on a strategic waterway thousands of miles away in Southeast Asia, with littoral states having di...

Southeast Asia holds the key to unlocking Korean impasse

While inter-Korean diplomacy stagnates despite Seoul’s recent initiatives, Southeast Asian nations are stepping in to bridge the gap. Vietnam, Indonesia and Laos are leveraging the...

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...

Why the Philippines walks a delicate balance as Asean chair

When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr accepted the Asean gavel from Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur last October, the script was already written: a pac...

ASEAN’s next growth chapter: Investment trends redefining the region’s global role

ASEAN is entering a defining chapter in its economic evolution, shaped by shifting supply chains, the rise of advanced industries, and a growing urgency for deeper regional integra...

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...

ASEAN backs fuel-sharing pact, regional power grid amid global shock

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) endorsed faster implementation of regional energy-sharing mechanisms and power interconnectivit...

Thailand's embrace of Myanmar's generals redraws ASEAN's moral map

An Asian alternative to Nato? How Cica is rethinking Middle East security

As ceasefires fail, peace talks stall and the Strait of Hormuz remains under a blockade, the deepening Middle East crisis has exposed the structural limitations of global security...

Southeast Asia’s Mandalas of Multialignment

Prashanth Parameswaran joins the Asia Geopolitics podcast to explain how multialignment shapes Southeast Asia’s foreign policy and the region’s strategic importance.