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Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 March 2022

Russia has in recent years sought to increase its economic engagement with South-east Asia to circumvent Western sanctions and mitigate the risk of overdependence on China. Moscow…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 January 2015

The implications of diplomatic competition in South-east Asian humanitarian and disaster response activities.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 March 2021

The United Kingdom eyes a strategic tilt to the Indo-Pacific, with South-east Asia a key focus because of its economic dynamism and the convening power of ASEAN. The aircraft…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 31 March 2023

The AUKUS deal is the most costly and complex defence acquisition in Australia’s history. While some countries in South-east Asia welcome the initiative, others worry that it…

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: 31 July 2024

Other key events it hosted last week included the 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM) and the 31st ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on July 27. ASEAN and its top…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 August 2024

In June, Thailand became the first South-east Asian country to apply for membership. Several other regional states are interested in joining.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 January 2024

Vietnam is Russia’s closest partner in South-east Asia and has refused to criticise Moscow over the Ukraine war. Between 2000 and 2022, Russia accounted for more than 80% of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 May 2021

In recent months, the region has received jabs manufactured in China, India and Russia -- the key practitioners of ‘vaccine diplomacy’ -- as well as shots made in the West…

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