South-east Asia

  • Apr 23, 2018
  • 7 min read

China gains upper hand in sea dispute with Vietnam

Vietnam has backed down on developing offshore energy resources in the face of Chinese pressure

China
  • Apr 18, 2018
  • 7 min read

South-east Asia lacks unified riposte to Islamic State

Regional cooperation through ASEAN against militancy is a long-term aspiration

South-east Asia
  • Apr 6, 2018
  • 2 min read

South-east Asia may see new Rohingya exodus by sea

Refugees from Myanmar are undertaking dangerous boat journeys across the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea

South-east Asia
  • Mar 19, 2018
  • 7 min read

China vote will spur South-east Asian authoritarianism

The region is seeing a deterioration in political and civil rights

South-east Asia
  • Mar 16, 2018
  • 2 min read

Jakarta’s South China Sea rhetoric may not impact much

Indonesia's suggestion to its South-east Asian neighbours regarding patrols risks aggravating Beijing

Indonesia
  • Feb 22, 2018
  • 2 min read

Revived TPP trade deal leaves space for US membership

Even as Washington pushes to renegotiate existing free trade deals, eleven Asia-Pacific economies have agreed a new one

United States
  • Feb 13, 2018
  • 2 min read

UK involvement in maritime dispute would alarm China

A UK warship is due to sail through disputed waters of the South China Sea

United Kingdom
  • Feb 8, 2018
  • 2 min read

South China Sea disputes could flare up at any time

Talk of codes of conduct and the absence of recent maritime incidents has not changed underlying sources of conflict

China