Advertisement Last week’s ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Jakarta were attended by Southeast Asian leaders along with representatives of Dialogue Partners from the United States, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and other nations. This Summit, which took place against the backdrop of rising China-Philippines tensions, an increasing number of naval confrontations in the … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Diplomacy | Southeast Asia Thailand’s new prime minister prioritized domestic political duties over attending to the troubled regional organization. Advertisement The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is in crisis and it appears that key foreign leaders, despite the twin challenges of Myanmar and the South China Sea, are passing on this week’s ASEAN Summit and … Read more
Advertisement Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo closed out this week’s run of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits and meetings by calling on world leaders to step back from the brink of confrontation. Speaking at the close of the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS), which was attended by ASEAN leaders and key foreign counterparts … Read more
Advertisement It took more than a day of flying, including two refueling stops, for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to reach this year’s summit of Southeast Asian countries. And once she arrived, she had less than eight minutes of public speaking time during two meetings. But in Jakarta’s cavernous convention center, adorned with billowing flowers … Read more
Advertisement Southeast Asian leaders decided that Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as scheduled in 2026, Asian diplomats and a leader said Tuesday, in the latest blow to efforts by its ruling generals to gain international recognition after violently seizing power in 2021. Western governments led … Read more
Advertisement Southeast Asian leaders led by Indonesian host President Joko Widodo are gathering in their final summit this year, besieged by divisive issues with no solutions in sight: Myanmar’s deadly civil strife, new flare-ups in the disputed South China Sea, and the longstanding United States-China rivalry. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings will open … Read more
Advertisement Tomorrow, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will begin a three-day run of summits and meetings against a backdrop of intensifying frictions in the South China Sea. The disputes, which pit China’s expansive “nine-dash line” maritime claim against rival claims from four Southeast Asian claimants – Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brunei – … Read more