Vietnam’s Response to Controversial Mekong Projects in China, Laos, and Cambodia
INTRODUCTION: Maintaining good relations with China, Laos, and Cambodia is Vietnam’s top foreign policy priority. As land-based neighbours with deep historical and political bonds
Changes in the Indo-Pacific Strain Security on the Korean Peninsula
INTRODUCTION: THE 2025 MUNICH Security Conference in February was a watershed moment and may well be marked by future historians as the “end of the US-led liberal world order and the point when the erosion of liberal hegemony within Western democracies
Will Malaysia Gravitate Further Towards China After President Xi’s Visit?
INTRODUCTION: A flurry of bilateral agreements on travel, transport, logistics, technology, and digital economy signal closer Malaysia-China cooperation in the future.
A Strategic Convergence Indonesia–Türkiye Relations
INTRODUCTION: During his visit to Türkiye in early April 2025, President Prabowo Subianto made agreements with the Turkish government on various sectors
ASEAN Faces a Tougher Balancing Act in US and China Trade Relations
INTRODUCTION: ASEAN countries find themselves in a more delicate position trying to address US concerns while maintaining favourable relations with China.
Big-Power Games in the Indian Ocean
INTRODUCTION: IN OCTOBER last year, the decades-long sovereignty dispute over the Chagos Archipelago seemed to have been solved.
India’s MAHASAGAR Vision: Strategic Continuity in the Indian Ocean
INTRODUCTION: India's new MAHASAGAR vision signals strategic continuity in Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi visited Mauritius in March 2025 for a two-day state visit as a guest for the National Day of Mauritius.
IRSEA's President and Founder, Ambassador (p) Gheorghe Savuica, Delivers Interactive Lecture on „Norms of Diplomatic Practice” Module
Xi’s Charm Offensive in Southeast Asia Sends a Message to DC
INTRODUCTION: China’s President Xi Jinping’s visits to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia
Southeast Asia central to global trade response
INTRODUCTION: Southeast Asia was hard hit by US President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs given its high integration into global value chains.