What does the latest summit in Washington tell us about NATO’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific? Between July 9 and 11, the 75th NATO Summit was held in Washington, D.C., with most of the attention on the ongoing war in Ukraine. Another significant topic that garnered attention was the Indo-Pacific and NATO’s evolving role in the… Continue reading NATO’s expanding role in the Indo-Pacific
Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, but also ASEAN, are hedging toward both China and the United States. However, China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea may cause some countries, notably the Philippines, to reconsider their hedging strategy. Undermining the hedging behavior of Southeast Asian countries, however, will not improve the… Continue reading Southeast Asia’s grand strategy: hedging
CEIAS is implementing a project on the relations between the EU, and in particular the Central European nations, and Southeast Asian countries. EUSEAR will explore how the EU-ASEAN collaboration can be improved and how the EU and ASEAN can jointly strengthen the regional order in Southeast Asia. Moreover, the project will analyze how the EU… Continue reading European-Southeast Asian relations: their current state and future prospect (EUSEAR)
The problem isn’t workers leaving. The problem is what’s happening to the youngsters who are replacing them. According to a recent World Bank report, the number of registered Laotian migrants in Thailand increased by 15 percent between June 2023 and February of this year. The total number, including unregistered migrants, is undoubtedly much higher. For some,… Continue reading Don’t worry too much about emigration from Laos
This is not the first time that regional opinion toward the U.S. has soured over events in the Middle East. This year’s annual State of Southeast Asia survey, from the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, quite definitively showed that America’s popularity is waning in the region. Now it is in the hands of journalists and academics to debate… Continue reading Some Southeast Asians Are Turning Against America Over Gaza. It Likely Won’t Last.
