Rethinking the Rebalance
INTRODUCTION: The time has come for the United States to fundamentally rethink its Indo-Pacific strategy.
Operationalising the AEC Strategic Plan 2026-2030: From Aspirations to Real Action
INTRODUCTION: The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Strategic Plan 2026–2030 at the 46th ASEAN Summit in May 2025
INTERVIEW ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIETNAM NATIONAL DAY AND 75 YEARS OF BILATERAL RELATION BETWEEN VIETNAM AND ROMANIA given by H.E. Mr. Do Duc Thanh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Romania
INTRODUCTION: INTERVIEW-ON-THE-OCCASION-OF-THE-80TH-ANNIVERSARY-OF-VIETNAM-NATIONAL-DAY-AND-75-YEARS-OF-BILATERAL-RELATION-BETWEEN-VIETNAM-AND-ROMANIA
Resetting India-ASEAN Trade in 2025
INTRODUCTION: The five-day visit of the Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to India in August underscores the growing strategic depth of India’s Act East Policy (AEP).
New Strategic EU-India Agenda: Brussels and Delhi Deepen Ties
INTRODUCTION: The European Union has unveiled a new EU–India Strategic Agenda, with fresh momentum in trade talks, defence cooperation, and political engagement
Türkiye’s Defence Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: The New Kid on the Block
INTRODUCTION: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), between 2020 and 2024 global defence spending increased by 9.4 per cent
Indo-Pacific Responses to Chinese Cyber Hegemony
INTRODUCTION: Beijing’s cyber offensives are redrawing Indo-Pacific fault lines.
Enhancing ASEAN’s Intra-Regional Trade Need Not Require Bells and Whistles
INTRODUCTION: It is just shy of six months since President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs were unleashed.
Seminar regarding Japan’s Security Cooperation with ASEAN: Evolution, Challenges, and Implications for Indo-Pacific Regional Order
INTRODUCTION: OCT 10 2025 Seminar regarding Japan’s Security Cooperation with ASEAN: Evolution, Challenges, and Implications for Indo-Pacific Regional Order
Myanmar’s Fake Election Is a Trap, Not a Transition
INTRODUCTION: The junta in Myanmar has announced elections starting in December 2025. The reality is that it has gamed the system in its favour.