As the great powers vie for influence, how can ASEAN stay united?

The importance of economic, political and security cooperation among ASEAN member states has become increasingly apparent in recent decades. But as the great powers vie for influence in the region, the cracks in this fragile unity are at risk of growing
By Thi Mong Tuyen Tran and Jun Jie Lee • Jun 17, 2020

Opinion

Governments weren’t prepared for Covid-19, but should anticipate climate change

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the vulnerability of the human race into stark focus, with APHR's Kunthida Rungruengkiat arguing that this current crisis should serve as a warning to governments around the globe about our inaction on climate change
By Kunthida Rungruengkiat • May 29, 2020

Regional cooperation

ASEAN’s Covid-19 response: United in name, divided in practice

In keeping with ASEAN's recent history of divided responses to regionally important issues, the bloc's collective efforts to combat Covid-19 have proved far from unified. But an institution in which individual members are placed above the collective, should observers have anticipated any different?
By Alexi Demetriadi • May 15, 2020

Opinion

Singapore, ASEAN and non-alignment in the South China Sea: Time to choose

The South China Sea territorial dispute has pitted Southeast Asian nations against China in a heated standoff for decades. Singaporean defence analyst Andy Wong argues that the city-state should lead ASEAN in aligning with the US on the issue, warding off Beijing's growing influence
By Andy Wong • May 06, 2020

Global economy

IMF: Asian economic growth set to be lowest for six decades

Cambodia and Thailand are set to be two of the region's hardest hit economies according to the IMF, as nations across Southeast Asia are forecast to be ravaged by the global economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 16, 2020

Brexit and Southeast Asia

The divorce deal

With Britain finally set to leave the EU on January 31st, Dr Carlo Bonura of London's School of Oriental and African Studies explains the potential implications of the world's most drawn-out break-up for Southeast Asia
By Dr Carlo Bonura • Jan 30, 2020

International relations

Cambodia and the great powers

In the second instalment in our eight-week partnership with Future Forum, a Cambodian think tank, we examine the Kingdom's attempts to navigate the choppy waters of great power politics.
By Simon Roughneen • Dec 11, 2019

China's economy

Slowing down

Having benefitted from decades of breakneck growth in China, trade- and investment-dependent ASEAN is vulnerable to fluctuations in the world’s second-biggest economy
By Kevin Livingston • Nov 19, 2019