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ASEAN reclaims its centrality as newer blocs wobble and wane

With the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) losing much of its diplomatic momentum, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been gradually reclaiming its central...

ASEAN: Strategic Center of Gravity in US–China Rivalry

Competition transcends military power

ASEAN flexes 'convening power' on South China Sea and other issues

59 Tahun ASEAN: Masih Cukupkah Bicara Sentralitas?

Pada 8 Agustus 2026, ASEAN memasuki usia ke-59 dalam lingkungan internasional yang semakin sulit diprediksi, rivalitas kekuatan besar dan perebutan pengaruh politik serta militer.

Policy Brief Banyu #2 From Centrality to Strategic Capacity: Repositioning Indonesia’s ASEAN Strat..

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As the US and China compete over AI, Asean must secure strategic autonomy

International relations has long measured power through familiar instruments: military capability, territory, energy, capital and control of trade. The digital revolution added inf...

An ASEAN Summit Consumed by Middle East Worries

The South China Sea ran a distant second.

The future of Taiwan-ASEAN ties

ASEAN Foreign Ministers Hold ‘Icebreaker’ Meeting With Myanmar Counterpart

The Southeast Asian bloc reaffirmed its adherence to its Five-Point Consensus initiative, which was last week rejected by Myanmar’s military-dominated parliament.

ASEAN top diplomats meet, voice ‘serious concern’ over Middle East hostilities

Southeast Asian ministers urge restraint in Middle East conflict US, China, India, EU, Japan among countries to join Manila meeting US’ Rubio, China’s Wang to join, bilateral meeti...

Southeast Asia’s next century will be built on bridges, not blocs

Southeast Asia’s growth story is often told through numbers. According to the ASEAN Statistical Highlights 2025, ASEAN had a population of 682.7 million and a nominal GDP of US$3.9...

Rubio stresses US commitment to Asia at ASEAN meeting

The Quad and ASEAN’s First Step Off The Fence

For the first time, the Quad issued a dedicated joint statement on cooperation with ASEAN.

ASEAN foreign ministers face test of unity at Manila meetings

[OPINION] The new foundations of security in the Indo-Pacific 

For many people across Southeast Asia, security isn’t about what’s happening on the other side of the globe. It is about practical things, here and now, measured day

ASEAN can still hedge between America and China on AI. It needs to get its act together first

Can ASEAN members draw from both the Chinese and Western ecosystems in pursuit of their own interests?

ASEAN adds Turkey as dialogue partner as defense, trade ties grow

Russian MFA describes cooperation with ASEAN as foreign policy priority

ASEAN is one of the key elements of the regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Foreign Ministry said

ASEAN to call for open straits as US-Iran war casts shadow

Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia will call for freedom of navigation in international straits when they wrap a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Ir...

ASEAN’s top diplomats meet in shadow of US-Iran conflict

Southeast Asia's top diplomats meeting on Tuesday, July 21, face no shortage of challenges closer to home

EAM Jaishankar Meets Rubio In Manila As Quad Reaffirms ASEAN Centrality And Indo-Pacific Security

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila on 22 July 2026, reaffirming the strength of the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Part...

Southeast Asia should work as one to help content flourish overseas

Trung Quốc Ä‘á» xuất nhiá»u sáng kiến hợp tác AI vá»›i ASEAN

Bá»™ trưởng Ngoại giao Trung Quốc VÆ°Æ¡ng Nghị khẳng định ASEAN là Æ°u tiên hàng đầu trong chính sách ngoại giao láng giá»ng, xem Ä‘á»™t phá vá» công ngh...

ASEAN Foreign Ministers Convene Meeting Under the Shadow of Iran War, Regional Crises

The bloc's foreign ministers are set to call for "the restoration of the safe, unimpeded, and continuous transit passage of vessels and aircraft in the Strait of Hormuz.”