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Southeast Asia Global Relations Outlook Part 3: CLMB Countries and East Timor
In this third part of our short series analyzing Southeast Asia’s Global Relationship Outlook for 2025, we discuss the key economic and political trends in the CLMB countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Brunei Darussalam. For the CLMB countries, economic growth and stability remains a priority as each country navigates tensions domestically and with its neighbors.…
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Southeast Asia Global Relations Outlook Part 2: The ASEAN-6
In this second part of our short series analyzing Southeast Asia’s Global Relations Outlook for 2025, we provide an in-depth look into the political and economic trajectories and key issues facing the ASEAN-6 countries this year: Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. Navigating geopolitical tensions and trade challenges while maintaining domestic political stability…
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Southeast Asia Global Relations Outlook Part 1: Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship
Introduction On January 1st, 2025, Malaysia took up the Chairmanship of ASEAN from Laos under the theme of “Inclusivity and Sustainability.” The country aims to host over 300 ASEAN-related meetings, programs, and summits, with a complete agenda to be announced in January or February this year. In the first of a short series analyzing Southeast…
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AI policy snapshot following Seoul Summit
On 21-22 May 2024, South Korea and the UK hosted the second AI Safety Summit in Seoul, following up on inaugural discussions held at Bletchley Park in the UK in November 2023. The summit saw mostly developed countries raise their concerns about the risks and safety of AI deployment, with representatives from a number of…
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Southeast Asia Global Relations Outlook Part 3: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
This is the third part in a short series exploring Southeast Asia’s relationships with key global powers and economic blocs. The series aims to give a snapshot at the beginning of 2024, looking at the events over the past months that have shaped the region’s global relationships, and the dynamics that will determine them moving…