As Indonesia marks 25 years since Reformasi, is democracy unravelling under Jokowi?
Maria Catarina Sumarsih’s world crumbled on November 13, 1998, when she received news that Indonesian soldiers had killed her son...
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Resisting Fatalism about Asia’s Future Order
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong was on the money in her recent address to the National Press Club when she...
Quad should ask ASEAN to a diplomatic dance
In early 1979, fearing the growing security cooperation between Hanoi and Moscow, China invaded Vietnam. A year earlier, the then-Chinese...
South-East Asian nations mobilise to secure their interest at South China Sea
As tensions continue to rise in the South China Sea, members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) face...
Military Modernisation in Southeast Asia: Learning from the Russia-Ukraine War
If one were to believe the mainstream media, in response to intensifying US-China rivalry, Southeast Asia is in the midst...
Southeast Asian finance leaders discuss containing global risks
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Talks between Southeast Asian central bank governors and finance ministers entered their final day on Friday,...
ASEAN Response to Ukraine Crisis a Show of ‘Diplomatic Cowardice’
The crisis in Ukraine has exposed how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – once again – is divided...
Survey: EU’s influence surging in Southeast Asia
A survey has found that more people in Southeast Asia would prefer to engage with the EU, amid US-China rivalry...
Muslims in Southeast Asia are Targets for Islamic State Propaganda
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is again in the spotlight after claiming responsibility for the fighting in...
There Is No Such Thing as ASEAN Neutrality
Southeast Asia’s boys at Davos last week seemed intent to say what they won’t do about Myanmar, which on Wednesday...
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