
Bangkok, April 2026 – The Southeast Asia Public Policy Institute (SEAPPI) has launched a new research series, Southeast Asia Tech Stack Sovereignty. The series examines how countries in Southeast Asia are positioned across the modern technology stack, from foundational inputs such as critical minerals to more advanced sectors such as electric technologies and artificial intelligence.…

We are pleased to announce that our report, Proof of Human: Building a Human Network for Digital Trust and Scam Resilience in APAC, is now available in six languages, making its findings accessible to a wider audience across the Asia-Pacific region. Originally published in December 2025, the report examines how emerging digital trust technologies —…

Part II of this series situates ASEAN within an increasingly fragmented global environment in which engagement with major external partners is becoming more conditional, differentiated, and strategically consequential. The era of largely frictionless integration is giving way to one defined by tariffs, regulatory standards, supply-chain recalibration, and selective security expectations. As global powers recalibrate their…

Part II of this series situates ASEAN within an increasingly fragmented global environment in which engagement with major external partners is becoming more conditional, differentiated, and strategically consequential. The era of largely frictionless integration is giving way to one defined by tariffs, regulatory standards, supply-chain recalibration, and selective security expectations. As global powers recalibrate their…

Part II of this series situates ASEAN within an increasingly fragmented global environment in which engagement with major external partners is becoming more conditional, differentiated, and strategically consequential. The era of largely frictionless integration is giving way to one defined by tariffs, regulatory standards, supply-chain recalibration, and selective security expectations. As global powers recalibrate their…