Changes to election laws will give Prime Minister Hun Sen added room for maneuver as he prepares to hand power to his son, Hun Manet. On June 23, Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a hastily-drafted amendment to the country’s election law that will prohibit anyone who doesn’t vote in next month’s general election from running as a candidate… Continue reading Is Cambodia’s new election amendment actually about ‘pardoning’ exiled opposition leaders?
Thai elections usually produce undesirable results for the powerful monarchy-military alliance, whose policy agenda is rarely on the same path as the voting patterns of the Thai electorate. May’s general election was no different, but it was far from usual. For the past twenty years, Thai voters have thrown their support behind politicians and political… Continue reading Can Thailand move forward past its historic 2023 election?
On April 26, Igor Driesmans, the EU’s ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), visited Laos where discussions focused on the communist government’s preparations for taking over the annually-rotating ASEAN chairmanship next year. Three days later, the well-known political activist Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom was gunned down at a cafe in Vientiane, the capital.… Continue reading EU’s one-off chance to influence Laos taking over ASEAN chair
Diskusia o vzťahoch Slovenskej republiky s Áziou sa často zameriava na rozvinuté štáty severovýchodnej Ázie, ako Južná Kórea, Čína, Japonsko, či Taiwan. V porovnaní s týmito štátmi sa dostáva regiónu juhovýchodnej Ázie výrazne menej pozornosti, hoci ide o dynamicky sa rozvíjajúci región, ktorý ponúka pomerne širokú škálu príležitostí pre rozvoj vzájomných vzťahov, a to nielen… Continue reading Vzťahy Slovenskej republiky so štátmi ASEAN
For the first time, European and Southeast Asian leaders will gather in Brussels on December 14th for a bloc-to-bloc summit. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is now the EU’s 3rd largest trading partner outside Europe, after China and the US. Bilateral trade in goods was worth €215.9 billion last year. And the… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: What To Expect From The EU-ASEAN Summit?
