The Philippines is pinning high hopes on its participation in Pax Silica. Investment commitments are promising, but the ...

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains a major factor in Myanmar politics. Before the 2021 coup, her importance rested on her popularity, leadership of the democratic movement, and electoral legitimacy.

Hanoi views the Ban Keun facility as adding to the circle of China’s potential military pressure. It is banking on closer ...

Philippine outsourcing employment continues to grow despite fears of widespread AI-driven job losses. The challenge is to preserve entry-level opportunities and prepare workers before weaker hiring ...

It is not a given that the Tatmadaw will gain the upper hand in the civil conflict in Myanmar. A new consensus should include the resistance coalition. Regional governments, including key ASEAN ...

ASEAN has ambitious plans to implement a regional power grid. But there is a critical need to improve technical and industrial capacity in subsea power systems.

Zha Daojiong argues that the future of the ASEAN-China dialogue partnership will depend not only on deepening economic integration, but also on managing industrial competition, addressing economic ...

The Communist Party of Vietnam must ensure that Hanoi’s redevelopment remains socially and politically inclusive, addressing community concerns that they are bearing the costs without sharing in ...

Malaysia’s position on the South China Sea dispute vis-à-vis China has remained remarkably consistent. According to a recent spate of articles, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has recalibrated ...

Myanmar’s economy in 2024 continued to struggle with slow growth, high inflation, increasing poverty, and declining real wages. Its near-term economic prospects are weak, weighed down by conflict, ...

A new non-binding framework for relevant ASEAN member states to ramp up their semiconductor industries and supply chains has the potential to provide some relief against a darkening geopolitical ...