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1 – 10 of 15Indonesia 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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281866
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281671
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The lead-up to these has proved a test of the region’s convening power.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273817
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Indonesia ratified RCEP late last year, paving the way for the pact to become effective for the country at the start of January. RCEP is now in force for 13 of its members.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275734
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The Philippines and other South-east Asian countries are keen on adding nuclear to their energy mixes. Geopolitics is a key factor in their efforts to realise this ambition, with…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278902
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The four countries -- each of which is an ASEAN dialogue partner -- form a security bloc known as the ‘Quad’. China, another ASEAN dialogue partner, resents the grouping, claiming…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257629
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In contrast to this tariff escalation, eagerness to preserve the multilateral, rules-based economic order is drawing Asian countries into inter-regional trade agreements…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238039
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South-east Asian leaders will discuss the South China Sea dispute, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and regional trade. ASEAN’s eight dialogue partners, including the United States…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239746
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US policymakers feel there is sufficient support for the United States elsewhere in the Philippine government and population to erode Duterte's threats to unravel the alliance…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214706
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The meeting comes against the backdrop of a diplomatic spat between Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore over Vietnam’s 1978 military incursion into Cambodia. South-east Asian leaders…