After the Cold War ended, ASEAN expanded to include Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, as well as the tiny sultanate of Brunei, increasing the salience of Southeast Asia as a geopolitical entity. Yet ...
Southeast Asia is part of the U.S.-China competition, with both powers vying for political, security and economic influence.
A series of rulings from Thailand’s Constitutional Court have shaken up the country’s politics. The court on August 7 ordered the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party, which holds the most ...
Power-sharing alliances between rival elites have become a defining feature of Southeast Asian politics, but these ‘toxic alliances’ are increasingly strained by diverging ambitions, fragile ...
The following is Farwa Aamer's op-ed in 9DashLine. Farwa is the Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute. As global political landscapes evolve, the inclusion of women ...
His first stop was the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he oversaw the signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia. Dubbed the Kuala Lumpur ...
Political upheaval is driving a split in Southeast Asia’s financial landscape, as investors bet that the worst may finally be over in Thailand but only just getting started in Indonesia. Foreign ...