In the wake of the disastrous break-up of last week’s ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Phnom Penh, at which ASEAN failed to agree to any statement summarizing their position on the South China Sea, ...

As the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in July came to an end, questions about the futility of the organization remained. Initiated by China as the Shanghai Five in 1996, the ...

This year’s summit reflects the prominent place that ASEAN occupies in Asia’s diplomatic calendar. But some say the organization has devolved into an ineffective talk-shop. October 27, 2025 On October ...

On July 26, 2024, in Vientiane, Laos, the foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India will meet, marking a significant landmark in their relationship. This ...

A year and a half after the 2021 coup that formally reinstalled Myanmar’s military, the junta continues its brutal campaign against resistance groups. The army has targeted both ethnic armed ...

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before the plenary session at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025 (pool photo by Mohd ...

President Donald Trump, on Friday, Oct. 24, embarked on his second term's first Asia trip on Friday Oct. 24 as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into a fourth week with no end in sight. Trump, ...

The Philippines, along with its regional neighbors, celebrates ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Month this August. In popular discourse, ASEAN often serves as a metonym for the broader ...