The year 2025 was never going to be easy for ASEAN. The region braced for greater geoeconomic pressures, rising unilateralism, internal conflicts and supply chain disruptions. ASEAN ended the year ...

ASEAN confronts three major challenges in 2025 -- Myanmar's deteriorating political situation, escalating South China Sea disputes, and intensifying US-China competition. While Malaysia's leadership ...

Singapore and Malaysia navigated 2025’s trade uncertainty relatively well, allowing their central banks to ease only modestly. FX–equity correlations remain a common investor question. In Singapore ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allan Marks is a lawyer who covers energy, infrastructure and climate. At the 46 th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Southeast Asia finds itself in unfamiliar territory. On the surface, it has been a good year: the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur admitted Timor-Leste as the bloc’s 11th member.

Flags inside the entrance of the venue for the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits in Vientiane, Laos, October 11, 2024. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat As Malaysia assumes the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, the ...

India and Asean have asked negotiators to expedite the review of their free trade agreement after missing the 2025 deadline, with talks focused on resolving pending chapters ...

President Donald Trump, on Friday, Oct. 24, embarked on his second term's first Asia trip on Friday Oct. 24 as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into a fourth week with no end in sight. Trump, ...

The country is poised to expand trade, investment and defense cooperation after becoming an ASEAN dialogue partner ...