China’s support in Myanmar driven by self-interest
Author: Mikael Gravers, Aarhus University In 2022, China’s former foreign minister Wang Yi visited Myanmar, but he did not meet…
Reclaiming ASEAN’s comprehensive and cooperative security
Author: Mely Caballero-Anthony, NTU Against a backdrop of heightening competition between the United States and China, Southeast Asia has come…
Bangladesh’s strategic pivot to the Indo-Pacific
Author: Rubiat Saimum, BSMR Maritime University In April 2023, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released its inaugural official document on…
ASEAN’s splintering digital economy governance
Author: Anthony Toh Han Yang, RSIS ASEAN’s digital economy is projected to leapfrog into the world’s top five by 2025.…
Monks and militias in Myanmar
Authors: Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen, PRIO The political implications of ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks and ideologies in Myanmar received much…
Myanmar’s arrested environmental activism
Authors: Adam Simpson, University of South Australia, Thomas Kean, International Crisis Group, and Susan Park, University of Sydney In the…
Myanmar plunges deeper into economic crisis
Author: Soe Nandar Linn, Yangon After nearly two years of military rule, Myanmar remains trapped in conflict, facing increasing political…
The revolutionary whirlwind widens in Myanmar
Author: Renaud Egreteau, City University of Hong Kong Three decades on from the nationwide uprising in Myanmar in 1988, the…
ASEAN should use its economic leverage over Myanmar’s junta
Author: Ronald Tundang, Chinese University of Hong Kong ASEAN member states should consider using economic pressure to influence the behaviour…
Myanmar presents ASEAN with only bad options
Author: Editorial Board, ANU So dominant was the focus on the creep of Cold War dynamics into the geopolitical landscape…