ASEAN must move beyond its compartmentalised approach to policymaking to respond to the increasingly interlinked areas of economics and security in a shifting global order. Maintaining ASEAN ...

For more than a decade, a cornerstone of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) policy has been an incremental push to establish the ASEAN Community. Based on three interconnected pillars ...

Last year ASEAN made important economic gains in trade and sustainable development. The biggest trade accomplishment was the conclusion of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Asean is on course to sign a digital economy pact in 2026, which aims to boost cross-border digital trade and services. Talks on the Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (Defa) ...

The theme for Indonesia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023, “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth,” aims to validate Southeast Asia’s status as an epicenter of ...

Southeast Asia has undergone a remarkable economic transformation over the past few decades, becoming a key node in global manufacturing supply chains. Countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, ...

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr receiving the Asean chairmanship gavel from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the closing ceremony of the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, ...

Analysts call for continuity on Myanmar, the South China Sea, and efforts to turn economic potential into real gains for the region and its people. As the Philippines takes over the ASEAN chairmanship ...