By combining two complementary approaches, the gravity model and the Bartik model, this paper estimates: (i) the ...

Economic uncertainty was high on the agenda at a host of ASEAN-centred meetings last week, with the region decrying the ...

President Donald Trump has managed to make his erratic trade policies even more baffling to countries desperate to negotiate ...

In fact, Southeast Asian countries were among the hardest hit by the proposed tariffs – from 10 percent for Singapore up to 49 percent for Cambodia. This confirmed a BRICS talking point that Global ...

As I explore in my recent book “Hedging and Conflict in the South China Sea,” part of the problem Southeast Asian nations face is that they have failed to forge a unified position. ASEAN, the regional ...

Southeast Asia now finds itself in the midst of great-power competition. China and the United States are increasingly at loggerheads in Asia. And Southeast Asian countries, whether they like it or not ...

In June 2025, an iconic Eric Clapton love song made a surprising appearance at a world leader summit in Southeast Asia.

The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hot spot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations claiming a stake in the waters has stirred up yet more trouble. Malaysia has ...

Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic zones.

Southeast Asian nations are responding to the uncertainty of Trump’s second term by deepening hedging strategies rather than aligning with either the United States or China. Their approach uses four ...

And in lieu of a coordinated response from the regional body Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, each member nation has been busy charting its course in these choppy waters.