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Chinese interference achieves its objective: Thailand undermines U.S. peace efforts and accelerates snap elections
ASEAN

Chinese interference achieves its objective: Thailand undermines U.S. peace efforts and accelerates snap elections

Australia and Japan prepare to diversify Pacific defense supply lines without direct U.S. involvement
ASEAN

Australia and Japan prepare to diversify Pacific defense supply lines without direct U.S. involvement

Trump’s “grand bans”: U.S. considers broad restrictions on Chinese firms to contain the PRC
ASEAN

Trump’s “grand bans”: U.S. considers broad restrictions on Chinese firms to contain the PRC

U.S. recalibrates strategy toward Myanmar: Washington seeks to curb Beijing’s influence over the junta and secure access to the region’s rare-earth elements
ASEAN

U.S. recalibrates strategy toward Myanmar: Washington seeks to curb Beijing’s influence over the junta and secure access to the region’s rare-earth elements

Escalation around Arunachal Pradesh: the India–China confrontation shows signs of renewed tension
ASEAN

Escalation around Arunachal Pradesh: the India–China confrontation shows signs of renewed tension

Malabar 2025 military exercises: renewed consensus among QUAD members and momentum for coalition transformation
ASEAN

Malabar 2025 military exercises: renewed consensus among QUAD members and momentum for coalition transformation

Anti-corruption protests in the Philippines: a growing risk to first island chain stability and an opening for strategic PRC intervention
ASEAN

Anti-corruption protests in the Philippines: a growing risk to first island chain stability and an opening for strategic PRC intervention

Ceasefire violations between Cambodia and Thailand: Beijing undermines U.S. influence in the region
ASEAN

Ceasefire violations between Cambodia and Thailand: Beijing undermines U.S. influence in the region

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet: Beijing’s complex pressure tactics to force democratic nations to open their markets
ASEAN

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet: Beijing’s complex pressure tactics to force democratic nations to open their markets

Cracking down on Cambodia’s “black economy”: Democracies led by the U.S. sanction a Hun Sen–linked cyber-scam network
ASEAN

Cracking down on Cambodia’s “black economy”: Democracies led by the U.S. sanction a Hun Sen–linked cyber-scam network

China’s Fourth Plenum: Xi’s economic course stays put, elite purges deepen, and a step toward taking Taiwan
ASEAN

China’s Fourth Plenum: Xi’s economic course stays put, elite purges deepen, and a step toward taking Taiwan

Strategic “decoupling” hardens: U.S. companies are speeding up the removal of China from supply chains amid long-term risk concerns and White House pressure
ASEAN

Strategic “decoupling” hardens: U.S. companies are speeding up the removal of China from supply chains amid long-term risk concerns and White House pressure

Sanae Takaichi wins the LDP leadership: Japan’s biggest political shake-up in 26 years and a return to a hard-line foreign policy in Tokyo
ASEAN

Sanae Takaichi wins the LDP leadership: Japan’s biggest political shake-up in 26 years and a return to a hard-line foreign policy in Tokyo

Xiangshan forum in Beijing: China signals unwavering intent to reclaim Taiwan
ASEAN

Xiangshan forum in Beijing: China signals unwavering intent to reclaim Taiwan

The fall of the Shinawatra clan: the Thai parliament appoints a “temporary” prime minister and declares a course toward early elections
ASEAN

The fall of the Shinawatra clan: the Thai parliament appoints a “temporary” prime minister and declares a course toward early elections

Afghanistan becomes the new foothold of the authoritarian axis: Beijing accelerates its tools of influence in Kabul in response to the stronger U.S. and allied presence in Southeast Asia
ASEAN

Afghanistan becomes the new foothold of the authoritarian axis: Beijing accelerates its tools of influence in Kabul in response to the stronger U.S. and allied presence in Southeast Asia

Philippines expand “lattice” ties in the Indo-Pacific despite U.S. retreat from security commitments
ASEAN

Philippines expand “lattice” ties in the Indo-Pacific despite U.S. retreat from security commitments

SoftBank and American startup’s airships as cellular base stations: the U.S. is building a new level of global communications reach
ASEAN

SoftBank and American startup’s airships as cellular base stations: the U.S. is building a new level of global communications reach

The Future of AUKUS: tensions between Washington and Australia push Canberra to lean on additional security partnerships
ASEAN

The Future of AUKUS: tensions between Washington and Australia push Canberra to lean on additional security partnerships

The success of Donald Trump’s strategy: Indonesia and Malaysia conclude anti-Chinese agreements with the United States
ASEAN

The success of Donald Trump’s strategy: Indonesia and Malaysia conclude anti-Chinese agreements with the United States

50 days to reach an agreement: Trump’s ultimatum to Moscow forces China to carefully calculate scenarios for steering Russia
ASEAN

50 days to reach an agreement: Trump’s ultimatum to Moscow forces China to carefully calculate scenarios for steering Russia

Response to U.S. pressure: Beijing increases North Korea’s involvement, assigning it new roles within the autocratic axis
ASEAN

Response to U.S. pressure: Beijing increases North Korea’s involvement, assigning it new roles within the autocratic axis

Tariff pressure: Cambodia’s “mafia state” factor enabling China’s influence
ASEAN

Tariff pressure: Cambodia’s “mafia state” factor enabling China’s influence

Anti-fronting policy: U.S. exerts pressure on China’s proxy network in Asia
ASEAN

Anti-fronting policy: U.S. exerts pressure on China’s proxy network in Asia

First successes of the new approach of U.S. and Allies: critically weakening China’s influence
ASEAN

First successes of the new approach of U.S. and Allies: critically weakening China’s influence

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