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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: 5 July 2024

The summit highlighted persistent regional divisions on the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts, as well as the continued desire of South-east Asian states not to pick sides between…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 March 2024

It confirmed Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto as the winner of the race to succeed Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo as president. The elections for the People’s Representative Council (DPR)…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 April 2024

A key finding is that 50.5% of respondents would pick China if forced to take sides in US-Chinese rivalry, up from 38.9% in 2023. China continues to be regarded as the most…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 February 2024

Thailand is devoting more attention to foreign policy under Srettha. The fallout from the 2006 and 2014 coups adversely affected its foreign relations, but it retains an important…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 November 2023

Separately, regional leaders were somewhat reassured by the modest rapprochement between China and the United States -- influential powers in South-east Asia -- on the margins of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 September 2023

Indonesia hosted the 43rd ASEAN summit and related events, including the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS). India held its first-ever G20 summit. ASEAN’s chairmanship now passes to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 December 2022

Its three main goals for the G20 this year were to build a resilient global health architecture, use digital technologies to transform society and drive the transition to clean…

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: 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…

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