Southeast Asia

18 Aug 2026
The Strait of Hormuz is still shut, and the world continues to pay the price. As talk turns to tolls
13 Aug 2026
ASEAN’s renewed engagement with Myanmar may look like a pragmatic effort to revive dialogue, but it also exposes the limits
14 Jul 2026
The recent increase in the Pertamax price (non-subsidised fuel) in Indonesia did not directly receive the same public attention compared
09 Jul 2026
In early August 2025, a photograph circulated widely on Cambodian social media. It showed a woman sitting on her luggage
11 Mar 2026
BALI--Dr Bryce Wakefield, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), has once again contributed to regional
29 Sep 2025
SYDNEY -- Dr Bryce Wakefield, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), appeared before the Senate
16 Jun 2026
When Thai forces bombed Cambodia's border in December 2025, the "weapons facility" they destroyed turned out to be a fraud
11 Jun 2026
Nutrition has become more than a health issue—it is now a test of Indonesia's development model and state capacity. Will
10 Jun 2026
Washington insists that peace in Asia depends on bigger defence budgets and stronger deterrence. But as Southeast Asian delegates whispered
15 May 2026
The unusually candid letter sent by the China Chamber of Commerce to President Prabowo Subianto reads less like a diplomatic
06 May 2026
One crisis, two similar countries, very different responses. The global energy crisis has made one thing clear: countries that look
06 May 2026
As China shifts towards a capital-export economy, ASEAN faces new challenges of economic coercion while considerings its fiscal and financial