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Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 February 2024

Myanmar’s junta for the first time accepted the invitation to have a ‘non-political’ representative at high-level ASEAN meetings, standing since its exclusion from such events…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 March 2021

This year, it plans to hold its 38th and 39th summits back-to-back on October 26-28. The decision to postpone the first meeting is likely a response to internal strains. The bloc…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 November 2020

All are aiming to revive economies badly hit by the pandemic’s fallout. The ten ASEAN states and five of the bloc’s dialogue partners recently signed a Regional Comprehensive…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 December 2021

Rebooting the economy is just one challenge facing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The junta leader-turned-civilian premier continues to come under pressure from a pro-democracy…

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 January 2023

East Timor is the only South-east Asian country categorised by the Freedom House organisation as completely ‘free’. Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, as…

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