ASEAN conflict and cohesion, the geoeconomic squeeze, and climate resilience. Can the bloc survive the increased pressure?

The 2025 ASEAN and East Asia Summits in Kuala Lumpur beginning today are set to be consequential multilateral gatherings — defining not only ASEAN’s internal cohesion but also the shape of U.S.–China ...

It was only recently that I heard the ASEAN anthem for the first time and realized how beautiful its message is, how appropriate it is for the times. Titled The ASEAN Way, it includes a line: “We dare ...

Signed in 1976, ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation was ASEAN's first legally binding treaty and serves as its organisational pillar. It drives the ASEAN traditions of non-interference, peaceful ...

As the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in July came to an end, questions about the futility of the organization remained. Initiated by China as the Shanghai Five in 1996, the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan today said Asean’s growing recognition on the global stage shows that the region is stronger when its members stand and move together ...

President Trump is traveling to Malaysia for the event, his first destination in a nearly weeklong trip. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia For his first stop on a whirlwind tour of ...

MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Reuters) - As Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario began to raise the sensitive issue of the South China Sea at one of last week's Asian summit meetings, his ...

On its 15th anniversary, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) faces criticism for its inaction against human rights abuses in member states. The AICHR's outdated terms of ...