Southeast Asian countries need to hedge and expand trade and security alliances to navigate changing increased protectionism ...

To begin with, ASEAN began as a "deviant community”, in the words of Chan Heng Chee, the former Head of the Department of ...

Knowing that the endeavor is an arduous task, involving not only the state actors who dominate the "Track 1 Diplomacy", ...

Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Ismail stressed that no single ASEAN country can tackle cross-border crime alone, ...

Explore the strategic significance of maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, highlighting regional cooperation, China’s ...

There has been considerable hype around Malaysia taking over the chairmanship of Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN this year, with ...

Recent critics have unfairly dismissed Malaysia’s Asean chairmanship without acknowledging the proactive steps taken to ...

Coupled with ongoing geopolitical tensions in the South China Sea ... dialogue mechanism to foster ASEAN’s centrality towards maritime security in the region” as the member countries are striving to ...

As Malaysia assumes the Asean chairmanship in 2025, expectations are naturally high. Detractors argue that Malaysia lacks a ...

MARITIME security is crucial for the South China Sea and Malaysia ... “Through Asean, we will try to strengthen our cooperation ... because most of Asean is related to the South China Sea.