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 ...

There are clear reasons for allocating bigger grants to Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia’s latest budget. But there is also a need to establish a more transparent and rules-based formula for ...

This Long Read presents a broad overview of a mosaic of governance building efforts from many discrete groups across Myanmar. Whether this mosaic, when complete, will demonstrate a less discordant ...

Japan is stepping up its regional mediation push. This will be relevant to Myanmar. Japan is widely known for pioneering various regional mediation efforts. In 1990, for example, Japanese officials ...