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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: 18 October 2022

Except for Myanmar and Cambodia, which are subject to Western arms embargoes, the region is a buyer’s market. South Korea has become its largest supplier of arms. Meanwhile…

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: 4 July 2017

The visit will be one in the string of recent Russian diplomatic and security initiatives with ASEAN countries. When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte visited Moscow in late…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 December 2021

South-east Asia provides the Kremlin opportunities to advance its ‘great power’ interests. Meanwhile, the region remains a key theatre for the United States and China to play out…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 October 2021

In August, the United Kingdom became the first country in 25 years to be granted dialogue partner status by ASEAN. Some ASEAN countries welcome a larger role for the United…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 May 2020

South-east Asian defence budgets.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 July 2022

The FPDA is the only multilateral security pact that includes South-east Asian states and players from beyond the region. It is flexible, and able to address both conventional and…

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