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ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement is inseparable from ASEAN’s own modern history of self-determination amid great-power competition. Like ASEAN itself, DEFA is likely to matter less for what it does, and more for what it is: a member-state driven attempt to transform Southeast Asia from a site of great-power rivalry into a centre in its […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is projected to generate considerable economic and social value in Southeast Asia. By 2030, AI adoption could improve the region’s total gross domestic product (GDP) by between 13 and 18 percent, a value nearing US$1 trillion.[1] Buoyed by a burgeoning digital economy and a young, tech-savvy demographic, AI can play a major […]

With the Global Fraud Summit (March 2024) as context, the Southeast Asia Public Policy Institute has published a Policy State of Play looking at the state of fraud and scams in Southeast Asia with a focus on policies and initiatives to stop online fraud. You can also find below a short summary of the briefing. […]

The Southeast Asia Global Relations Outlook 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 forward. The report explores the region’s relationships with the United States, China, the European Union India, […]

Introduction to our core policy programme exploring Southeast Asia’s approach to AI systems, the data they use, and the hardware that supports them