Japan, Indo-Pacific

Japan Redefines Indo-Pacific Security Role as ASEAN Partnerships Expand Across Maritime, Intelligence, and Defense Industrial Domains

The Indo-Pacific security landscape is undergoing a notable recalibration, as diplomatic and legislative developments across the region signal a more networked and operational phase of strategic alignment among key middle powers. The recent meeting of QUAD foreign ministers in New...
Indian Navys first training squadron arrives at Changi Naval Base in Singapore

Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron Arrives in Singapore, Deepening Maritime Cooperation During ASEAN–India

The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron (1TS), comprising INS Tir, INS Shardul, INS Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi, arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore on January 15, 2026, as part of a training deployment to the South...
Malaysia-Thailand border

Thai halal snacks, new bridges and old insecurities: How Malaysia-Thailand border trade is poised between promise and peril

 Travelled from Bangkok to Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat to study consumer response to his company’s new halal crab sausage snack, he expected feedback mainly from local customers. Instead, what caught him by surprise were Malaysians clearing shelves in border...
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim , Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet, Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, US President Donald Trump; ceasefire agreement Thailand and Cambodia

Thailand Rejects Cambodia’s Call for Neutral Venue, Casting Doubt on Border Truce Talks

Thailand on Tuesday (Dec 23) rejected a Cambodian request to move planned bilateral talks to a neutral country, raising fresh uncertainty over negotiations aimed at ending the deadliest flare-up in years along their disputed border. The talks, scheduled to take...
Philippines ASEAN Chair

Philippines Steps Into ASEAN Chair at a Time of Rising Fractures and Strategic Peril

The Philippines will assume the annually rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2026, inheriting a crowded and combustible agenda at a moment of unusual strain for both the regional bloc and the wider international order....
China Services Sector

China’s New Economic Model Puts Asia’s Gen Z at Risk

Asia’s economic miracle was built on trade. For decades, export-led growth lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, created vast manufacturing workforces, and offered young people a reliable ladder into the middle class. That model is now under severe strain...
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting

ASEAN Reaffirms Unity, Strengthens Defence Cooperation Amid Rising Regional Tensions

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed its unity and commitment to strengthening regional defence cooperation at the recently concluded ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in Kuala Lumpur, emphasizing the need for collaboration to ensure peace and stability in...
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

ASEAN’s Collective Strategy Shields Southeast Asia from Global Trade Turbulence Sparked by U.S. Tariffs

As the world teeters on the edge of another trade war, Southeast Asia is emerging as the unlikely center of restraint and strategy. While major economies respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs with talk of retaliation, ASEAN...
Undersea Cable Networks

Southeast Asia Faces Growing Risks as US–China Power Struggle Targets Critical Undersea Cable Networks

As Southeast Asia becomes ever more entangled in great power competition, the region’s most vital — and least visible — infrastructure faces growing peril. The vulnerabilities of undersea cables, which carry nearly all of Southeast Asia’s internet traffic, are becoming...
Donald Trump

Donald Trump to grace ceremonial signing of Thai-Cambodian peace deal at ASEAN

 In a striking turn of events, U.S. President Donald Trump is slated to attend a ceremonial signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia during the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the...
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