Southeast Asia

A demonstrator shows the three-finger salute during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 21, 2021. REUTERS

Don’t give up on Myanmar

Thursday, December 16, 2021

China Premier Li Keqiang attends Southeast Asian leaders virtual summit Tuesday October 26, 2021 without Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing after its top general failure of Myanmar's army to adhere to a peace road map it had agreed with the southeast Asian bloc following the coup in February. The exclusion of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was an embarrassment for Myanmar's military and the harshest rebuke by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and took over the government on February 1. During the meeting on Tuesday Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah said he welcomed the inclusion of Britain as the first new dialogue partner of ASEAN in over two decades. There were three separate meetings between the ASEAN leaders and leaders of the United States, China, and South Korea.

ASEAN running out of time to recast role as buffer in US-China great power competition

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a ceremony by the National Program of Civic-Military Schools, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

The awkward guests: Parsing the Summit for Democracy invitation list

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

A Vietnamese woman wears traditional "ao dai" dress and a conical hat in downtown's Vietnam's central city of Da Nang. A Vietnamese woman wears traditional "ao dai" dress and a conical hat in downtown Vietnam's central city of Da Nang March 8, 2005. 40 years after the first American troops arrived in Da Nang on March 8, 1965 to fight in the Vietnam War which cost 58,000 American and 3,000,000 Vietnamese lives, a U.S. military team of about 100 flew into Da Nang early this month as part of continuing U.S. efforts to locate about 1,800 soldiers still listed as missing. REUTERS/Kham

A 3-pronged approach to meet the needs of aspiring women entrepreneurs in Vietnam

Tran Thi Ngoc Tran

Monday, November 22, 2021

The construction site of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) line is seen along the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia February 22, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken February 22, 2018. Antara Foto/Risky Andrianto/via REUTERS

Infrastructure in the developing world is a planetary furnace. Here’s how to cool it.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin, China in this handout picture released July 26, 2021. U.S. Department of State/Handout via REUTERS

Working toward responsible competition with China

Patricia M. Kim

Friday, October 8, 2021

US President Joe Biden (L) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meet virtually with their counterparts in the Quad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington DC, USA, 12 March 2021. No Use Germany.

ASEAN and the Quad: Strategic impasse or avenue for cooperation?

Jonathan Stromseth

Thursday, September 23, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about a national security initiative on September 15, 2021 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. President Biden is joined virtually by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom.Featuring: President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Prime Minister Scott MorrisonWhere: Washington, District Of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 15 Sep 2021Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

Australia’s nuclear submarines and AUKUS: The view from Jakarta

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Activists hold placards and banners during a protest to support the anti-coup movement and democracy in Myanmar, near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat building, ahead of the ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Myanmar’s crisis tests ASEAN

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Friday, August 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Health workers wait for their turn as Vietnam starts its official rollout of AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for health workers, at Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hai Duong province, Vietnam, March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo

Delta variant outbreak challenges Vietnam’s COVID-19 response strategy

Wednesday, August 11, 2021