Voyage in troubled waters – American ambitions in Southeast Asia
It was on April 29, 1975, at 22 Gia Long Street in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) that one of the most defining pictures of the American retreat from Vietnam was caught. The...
Category: South East Asia
ASEAN’s Myanmar envoy in talks with junta over visit and access to Suu Kyi
The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar said on Saturday he is still negotiating with the military on the terms of a visit and has...
U.S. calls for ASEAN action on Myanmar, rejects China maritime claims
HANOI, July 14 (Reuters) – The United States rejects China’s “unlawful” maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian nations faced with Beijing’s “coercion”, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...
The role of New Southern Policy to support the Middle Power Ambition of South Korea
The South Korean President Moon Jae-in 2017 at Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, launched his new foreign policy called New Southern Policy(NSP). The leader of South Korea appointed an Economic Secretary at its head. ...
Singapore says ASEAN aims to speed up plan to end Myanmar crisis
SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was working to expedite the implementation of a five-point consensus reached by their leaders to deal with the crisis in Myanmar, Singapore’s...
ASEAN and the changing status quo in post-pandemic Southeast Asia
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is an economic union that comprises 10 member states in Southeast Asia. ASEAN promotes intergovernmental cooperation and aims to facilitate economic, political, military, and sociocultural integration among its...
China hosts ASEAN foreign minister meet days ahead of the G7 meeting
China recently hosted a meeting with 10 ASEAN countries foreign ministers, much ahead of the anticipated G7 meeting in Cornwall, this week. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi organized a virtual meet with his counterparts...
Failing Myanmar the ASEAN Way
The rise of China and the shifting of the great power politics to the Indo-Pacific have put ASEAN right in the limelight. There are questions over ASEAN’s ability to maintain its centrality in the...
Southeast Asian nations oppose arms embargo on Myanmar -report
Nine Southeast Asian countries have urged the United Nations not to endorse a freeze on arms sales to Myanmar, according to a report from Benar News. The report by the affiliate of the U.S.-funded...
ASEAN’s effort to resolve the biggest human right violation coup of Myanmar
Myanmar, a member of the ten nations association, called ASEAN, is currently facing a military coup prompting the people of Myanmar to defend their democratic rights. Since the coup, violent protests and murders have...
