Why has only Indonesia pursued full membership, while Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam remain content as “partners” of the ...

Southeast Asia's transition to a high-income region is dependent on external partnerships to defend rules-based trade and ...

The U.S. government’s “reciprocal tariffs” have prompted a rapid overhaul of trade blocs in the Asia-Pacific, especially in ...

YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of ...

At a forum hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, experts agreed that while industrial policy is "back with a vengeance", its current application is fraught with risk. They said ...

Malaysia’s ASEAN leadership in 2025 reveals how geopolitics now favors soft power, digital diplomacy, and moral clarity—without the tools to enforce real change.

Malaysia is Iran's largest trading partner among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, with total trade valued at RM2.6 billion (US$0.57 billion) in 2024, a 24.6 per cent ...

Southeast Asian nations are rolling out ambitious economic stimulus measures as they prepare for the potentially far-reaching impact of the United States' trade protectionism.

In brief, as much as Southeast Asian countries seek to integrate economically, they should not neglect to manage political and security tensions. Otherwise, the region risks being drawn into an Asean ...

June 19, 2025 VIENTIANE – Laos and other ASEAN countries have made progress in safeguarding the rights and improving the livelihoods of migrant workers, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social ...

Southeast Asian nations are urging the evacuation of their citizens from Iran and Israel as the air war escalates, with Malaysia warning of “rapidly deteriorating conditions” and Thailand ...

And in lieu of a coordinated response from the regional body Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, each member nation has been busy charting its course in these choppy waters.