Security
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Why ASEAN Should Not Do More for Myanmar
ASEAN is right not to engage in the Myanmar conflict more forcefully and should focus on its own initiatives without their problematic neighbor. Since the inception of the current civil war in Myanmar, any discussion of ASEAN’s place in the world has unavoidably been paired with its inability to resolve…
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SEATO: The Tantalizing Promise of Nato’s Forgotten Counterpart in the Indo-Pacific
The past failures of SEATO highlight the challenges of forming regional alliances in Southeast Asia and demonstrate that economic cooperation are more viable than security partnerships like NATO. With a Trump 2.0 administration increasingly focusing on China and Southeast Asia in 2025, a look at the regional alliance structure of…
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Trump’s Gaza Plan Sparks Outrage in Southeast Asia, Paving Way for Chinese Diplomatic Gains
On February 4th, President Trump declared that the United States would “take over the Gaza strip,” and “own it.” The announcement, made at a White House press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sparked global shock and condemnation. Southeast Asian countries, several of which have sizable Muslim demographics, have…
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China-Southeast Asia Relations — What’s in Store for 2025?
China-Southeast Asia relations is best defined in terms of the plurality of interests, incentives and capabilities characteristic of the diverse states that make up the region. It is perhaps not the most useful, therefore, to refer to a “China-Southeast Asia relationship,” since such a label lacks nuance and conveys the…
