ASEAN
America’s South China Sea Strategy Needs More Balance
The Western efforts to maintain a regional coalition and counter China in the Western Pacific face a significant setback. This is the simmering feud between Malaysia and the Philippines over...
Is Australia Hedging Again? Not Really.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in his 2023 Lowy Lecture, emphasized that Australia’s foreign policy and national security are defined by a “complementary focus” on capabilities and relationships. Australia’s role...
India’s Partnership with ASEAN
On July 26, 2024, in Vientiane, Laos, the foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India will meet, marking a significant landmark in their relationship....
NATO Should Stay Out of Asia
Since identifying China as a “systemic challenge” in its 2022 Strategic Concept, NATO has been pursuing closer strategic and operational relations with Japan, Australia, South Korea, and New Zealand, collectively...
Low Expectations for ASEAN’s Handling of Myanmar Crisis
As Indonesia’s term as ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Chair ended, there was both reservation and alarm at the possibility of Laos serving as its successor. In late 2023,...
The State of Cyber Defense Cooperation in ASEAN
To address the severe cyber threats their economies and critical infrastructure are facing ASEAN countries must strengthen the ASEAN Cyber Defense Network (ACDN) and continue the process of integrating their...
Will War Consume the South China Sea in 2024?
The state visit to Beijing by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr in January 2023 did not yield the momentum for bilateral ties that his predecessor’s trip in 2017 did. Barely one month...
Bridging Free and Open Spaces Serves U.S. Interests
American interests are advanced by bridging the world’s free and open spaces, thereby preventing authoritarian regimes from dividing the world into hard spheres of control. In the face of a...
What to Expect From Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship
Following its stint as the G20 president in November of last year, Indonesia has another opportunity to project its power and pursue its priorities as the chair of the Association...
Indonesia: With ‘Soft Power’ Comes Great Responsibility
Indonesia has long been an up-and-coming country on the world stage, leading the way among its developing peers. As the world’s third-largest democracy, it continues to play an important role...
ASEAN Must Get Its Act Together on Myanmar
When the Armed Forces of Myanmar (or Burma, depending on where you stand) staged a coup d’état against the country’s freshly elected government in February last year, the initial response from...
Has Australia Found the Right Answer to Chinese Aggression?
From the time Australia’s relations with China began to deteriorate in late 2016, a pervasive view among many observers on both sides of the Pacific has been that Australia is...