In the wake of the disastrous break-up of last week’s ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Phnom Penh, at which ASEAN failed to agree to any statement summarizing their position on the South China Sea, ...

The country’s admission caps off a 14-year journey toward accession, but also presents new challenges for the Southeast Asian bloc. Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao signs the declaration ...

MANILA (PIA) — Tourism Undersecretary Verna Emeralda Buensuceso on Monday explained the symbolic elements of the official ASEAN 2026 chairship logo, each representing key aspects of regional ...

President Donald Trump, on Friday, Oct. 24, embarked on his second term's first Asia trip on Friday Oct. 24 as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into a fourth week with no end in sight. Trump, ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers the opening remarks at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: Afiq Hambali/ Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia In the ...

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Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. When the ten leaders of the countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...