Southeast Asia

China's President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shake hands after a joint news statement at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, November 20, 2018. Mark Cristino/Pool via Reuters - RC1AC68D9E90

China’s premature bid for hegemony in Southeast Asia

Richard Javad Heydarian

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Indonesia president Joko Widodo speaks to journalist after bilateral meeting with Singapore during the International Monitary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, October 11, 2018. Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool via REUTERS - RC197319E4E0

Buck-passing from behind: Indonesia’s foreign policy and the Indo-Pacific

Evan A. Laksmana

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference in Singapore, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC1DC71B3B50

Pence in Southeast Asia: Ways forward for U.S.-ASEAN cooperation on infrastructure development

Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A Buddhist monk looks through the window of a burnt car after Muslims attacked and set fire to a temple in Cox's Bazar October 1, 2012. Bangladesh accused Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Monday of involvement in attacks on Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast and said the violence was triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E8A11KYB01

Facebook can’t resolve conflicts in Myanmar and Sri Lanka on its own

Brandon Paladino and Hunter Marston

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera, U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis and South Korea's Defence Minister Song Young-moo attend a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC18246DC620

Negotiating the Indo-Pacific security landscape: What the Shangri-La Dialogue tells us

Friday, June 8, 2018

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Wuhan Summit: An important signal of intent by India and China

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

REFILE - CORRECTING DATE Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin - RC1932AA9080

What democracies can learn from Malaysia

Thursday, May 17, 2018

A worker holds a metal frame at an assembly plant that produces the Vietnamese smartphone BPhone, at BKAV factory, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kham - RC1EB392CA80

Vietnam’s manufacturing miracle: Lessons for developing countries

Sebastian Eckardt, Deepak Mishra, and Viet Tuan Dinh

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L), newly elected Myanmar President Win Myint and his wife Cho Cho pose for a photo at the presidential palace at Naypyitaw, Myanmar March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Sai Zaw/Pool - RC1F126CB6B0

Myanmar’s stable leadership change belies Aung San Suu Kyi’s growing political vulnerability

Brandon Paladino and Hunter Marston

Thursday, April 5, 2018

An aerial view of China occupied Subi Reef at Spratly Islands in disputed South China Sea April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francis Malasig/Pool - RC1E688238A0

China can learn from Soviet approach to the law of the sea

Tuesday, March 27, 2018