There will be over 300 meetings of all levels involving ASEAN member countries this year which Malaysia will play host. So, it’s inequitable for anyone to write off Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship by ...

A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a ...

The first Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting under the new U.S. administration suggested changes on at least three counts.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the Philippine chairmanship in 2026 will try to play a larger role ...

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

Recent senate hearings to confirm Donald Trump’s cabinet picks brought into sharp contrast the candidate for US secretary of ...

Beyond the mundane 44 paragraphs of the Chairman's Statement of the Asean Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, there are crucial elements worth mentioning and following up on.As the Myanmar crisis enters ...

In a world increasingly defined by great power rivalries, Malaysia’s position as a middle power within ASEAN has never been ...

It is no surprise that a top member of the Trump administration, like Hegseth, faces concerns, as there have been worries that the boss himself may not be keen on Southeast Asia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia ...

Malaysia has formally invited China to attend the ASEAN–Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in May 2025. This proposal took observers by surprise as the first ASEAN–GCC Summit was only in October ...

There was no consensus among the ASEAN foreign ministers about having a political representative from Myanmar at the summit, so the ministers decided to instead invite a non-political representati ...