ASEAN is becoming an increasingly important international economic player, having grown its trade significantly as it integrated into the global economy. Australia is seeking to enhance its economic ...

For more than a decade, a cornerstone of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) policy has been an incremental push to establish the ASEAN Community. Based on three interconnected pillars ...

Indonesia could unlock bigger trade and FDI gains by using a more cohesive ASEAN as strategic leverage in a fragmented global ...

As two major economies with important political and strategic positions in the region, Vietnam and Indonesia are not only key ...

Southeast Asia has undergone a remarkable economic transformation over the past few decades, becoming a key node in global manufacturing supply chains. Countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, ...

WITH the Philippines as the 2026 Asean chair, it might impress upon many that security issues central to the Philippines like the South China Sea (SCS) will take centre stage in Asean’s agenda. Now ...

Muhammad Rifqi Daneswara does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

The Trump tariff shock has profoundly disrupted East Asia’s economic landscape, presenting mounting challenges for the region’s export-driven economies. The unjustified tariffs imposed on ASEAN, China ...