At the beginning of 2026, the global economic and trade landscape remains under strain. Growth forecasts continue to soften ...

An analysis from CSIS highlights the potential for Indonesia to enhance its regional diplomacy, specifically within the ASEAN ...

ASEAN must move beyond its compartmentalised approach to policymaking to respond to the increasingly interlinked areas of economics and security in a shifting global order. Maintaining ASEAN ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Southeast Asia finds itself in unfamiliar territory. On the surface, it has been a good year: the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur admitted Timor-Leste as the bloc’s 11th member.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers the opening remarks at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: Afiq Hambali/ Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia The 47th ...

KUALA LUMPUR — President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. said Tuesday that ASEAN's current trade patterns with Gulf nations have remained limited, noting the need to go beyond the traditional trade.

ASEAN’s handling of the Myanmar crisis has exposed deep institutional flaws, with its strict adherence to consensus and non-interference increasingly paralysing the bloc in the face of transnational ...

Here's why Philippine Foreign Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro's visit to Naypyidaw gets Myanmar wrong — and weakens ASEAN's credibility ...

The ASEAN chairship provides an opportunity for MAP to go beyond programs that serve only its members and to undertake initiatives that serve the nation and the region.” MANILA, Philippines — The ...