SEA Tech Stack Sovereignty: The Electric Tech Stack is part of a series exploring technology sovereignty in Southeast Asia, developed by the Southeast Asia Institute. This paper builds on the framework presented in our previous paper, Southeast Asia Tech Stack Sovereignty: An Analytical Framework for Understanding Technology Sovereignty, and applies it to the region’s emerging electric technology […]

Indonesia’s most advanced AI users are already operating at the global frontier. The country ranks in the global top five for ChatGPT use in Codex and data analytics, with a cohort of advanced users applying AI to the complex, high-value tasks where productivity gains are largest. That frontier capability is rare among emerging economies and […]

The Southeast Asia Trade Exposure Index is the first comprehensive measurement of how ASEAN economies are exposed to global trade shocks and supply chain disruptions, developed by the Southeast Asia Public Policy Institute.  As Southeast Asia’s combined trade exceeds $3 trillion, the region faces increasing exposure to tariff escalations, supply-chain disruptions, and geopolitical tensions. Existing metrics, such as trade-to-GDP ratios, […]