BRICS India-China rivalries overshadow the larger purpose of BRICS September 11, 2017 0 Written by Urvashi Sarkar. The ninth BRICS summit in China began on September 3, 2017 in the shadow of tense relations between India and China.…
ASEAN Smart Power Diplomacy: Regional Cooperation on Peace and Order September 5, 2017 1 Written by Ricardo F. De Leon and Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. The regional security complex of Southeast Asia and neighbouring countries demands more than hard power…
ASEAN ASEAN’s mid-life crisis? August 25, 2017 0 Written by Nick Bisley. On August 8, 1967, foreign ministers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines signed the Bangkok Declaration to create the Association of Southeast…
ASEAN Water conflicts and development in the Mekong: What role for ASEAN? August 24, 2017 0 Written by Oliver Hensengerth. For decades, continental Southeast Asia has inspired regional countries and powers worldwide to create development initiatives for the Mekong basin. The…
ASEAN 50 years of ASEAN dealing with major powers: Indonesia’s perspective August 24, 2017 1 Written by Moch Faisal Karim & Wendy A. Prajuli. This year marks the 50th anniversary of ASEAN which, despite criticism for its slow progress, has…
ASEAN ASEAN: The Way of the Past or the Way of the Future? August 23, 2017 0 Written by Linda Quayle. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) turned 50 this month, and the range of commentary accompanying the golden jubilee certainly…
ASEAN The Symbolism of ASEAN at 50 August 23, 2017 0 Written by Mathew Davies. Had someone at the foundation of ASEAN fifty years ago predicted that the regional organisation would be around in half a…
ASEAN ASEAN at 50: The Tides of the ASEAN Estuary August 22, 2017 0 Written by Mary Farrow. The Association of South East Asian Nations as a geographical grouping is an illustration of a collection of countries that is…
ASEAN The South China Sea: ASEAN’s 50th birthday overshadowed by its most divisive issue? August 21, 2017 0 Written by Scott Edwards. As ASEAN reached its 50th anniversary on the 8th of August, questions over its increasing relevance continued to dominate discussion. No…
ASEAN Indonesia, the Philippines, Migrant Workers, and Drugs June 30, 2017 0 Written by Linda Quayle. Indonesia and the Philippines share much more than a convoluted archipelagic geography. In the context of the community-building plans put forward…
