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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet talks to his Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea as he attends the retreat session of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 5, 2023.

Foreign ministers wield new brooms in Cambodia and Thailand

The new top diplomats will refashion their ministries away from geopolitics towards foreign policies that put economics at the center.

Indonesian presidential candidates (from left) Anies Baswedan and running mate Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto and running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Ganjar Pranowo and running mate Mahfud Mahmodin, hold their ballot numbers for the Feb. 14 general election as they pose for a group photo following a drawing at the election commission in Jakarta, Nov. 14, 2023.

Indonesian presidential candidates lack strategic clarity on defense, foreign policy

An activist of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party shouts slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 28, 2023.

Bangladesh is poised for an election to seal autocratic rule

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with Chinese Premier Li Qiang hold hands for a customary photo before the start of the ASEAN-China Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 2023.

ASEAN’s rotating chairmanships should be scrapped for a troika system

2023-11-14

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim participates in a pro-Palestine rally at Stadium Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 24, 2023.

Southeast Asia will see spillover effect from Israel’s Gaza War

2023-11-03

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