East Timor Independence Hero Xanana Gusmao Returns to Power
East Timor’s first democratically elected head of state, Xanana Gusmao, returned to power on Saturday, eight years after he resigned as prime minister of...
China’s Counterterrorism Involvement in Southeast Asia under the Global Security Initiative
In April 2022, President Xi Jinping announced the Global Security Initiative (GSI), outlining China’s overarching principles for managing global defense and security issues. Given...
Political impasse is over as Thailand clears poll results, paving way for new government to be led by Pita Limjaroenrat
BANGKOK, June 19 — Thailand has moved a step closer to breaking the political impasse after last month’s election, with the poll body endorsing...
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 on his university campus,...
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 observed that the key...
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 leader Deng Xiaoping met...
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 increasing pressure in balancing...
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 of a frantic arms...
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, with the leaders focused...
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 as it fails to...