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Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 September 2023

South-east Asia is a key theatre in which Chinese-US strategic rivalry plays out. Beijing is counting on regional defence diplomacy to help it push back against the United States…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 April 2021

Unlike most Western powers, Russia has refused to condemn the February 1 coup in which the Myanmar army ousted the country’s democratically elected civilian government. Russia’s…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 April 2022

Russia is a relatively modest player in South-east Asia in terms of economic footprint, political influence and defence diplomacy. However, its arms sales to the region have…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 April 2022

Attacks by anti-junta People's Defence Forces (PDFs), which operate largely autonomously from each other, are taking an increasing toll on the army. Western powers are ramping up…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 August 2022

The data suggest the Singapore Strait was the top piracy 'black spot' globally during this period. Violence against ships has fallen across the rest of South-east Asia because…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 September 2016

This meeting is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic contacts between both countries since Myanmar's government came to office in March. Delhi feels that this new, mostly civilian…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 September 2023

The two sides notably committed to planning joint patrols in the South China Sea, where the Philippines and China have competing claims. On September 7, Albanese said he would…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 May 2016

Co-chaired by Moscow and ASEAN's 2016 chair, Vientiane, President Vladimir Putin presided with new Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.

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