List of Southeast Asia articles
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Vietnamese President Luong Cuong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Hanoi Vietnam Tries to Escape the U.S.-China Trap
Hanoi has been quietly expanding partnerships beyond the Indo-Pacific.
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Workers ride their motor-cart loaded with glass past a branch of the Prince Bank in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 15. Is Cambodia’s Scam Industry Too Big to Fail?
New sanctions on the world’s wealthiest criminal could threaten the Hun dynasty.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia ASEAN Is No Longer Just a Talk Shop
The bloc is beginning to have some agency—as long as you don’t mention China.
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Soldiers march during a ceremony to mark Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on March 27. How Conscription Reshaped Myanmar’s Conflict
Forced recruitment has helped reverse momentum back in the military’s favor, even as it pushes many young men to flee.
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A collage illustration shows hands shaking with semicircle charts colored dots and swinging cargo containers. The Trump Trade Tracker
Switzerland cuts a deal—plus the latest global picture on Trump’s tariff regime.
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A silhouetted figure with a military hat is seen in front of a high red wall at night. Has China’s Power Peaked in Asia?
Beijing finds itself in a precarious geopolitical position.
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Workers install photovoltaic panels at the Ningxia Tengger Desert New Energy Base in Zhongwei, in China's northern Ningxia region, on May 9, 2024. A Power-Hungry Southeast Asia Wants China’s Energy
Renewables are in hot demand in a growing region.
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Takaichi and Trump Why Did Asian Countries Give Trump So Much on Trade?
The new deals contain unusual concessions that could change the flow of goods in Asia.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang shake hands at the Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 2. This Is the Future of U.S. Foreign Aid Under Trump
Post-USAID assistance may depend on a country’s strategic value to Washington.
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Heads of state listen to U.S. President Donald Trump's opening remarks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26. Trump Is Alienating Southeast Asia
Tariffs and inattention have pushed regional states toward China.
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Naofumi Tsumura, director of the guard and rescue department of the Japan Coast Guard's 10th regional headquarters, speaks to media from the helicopter deck of a Japan Coast Guard ship at the end of maritime exercises with the Philippines and the United States Coast Guards in the waters around Kagoshima, Japan, on June 20. To Counter China, Look to the ‘Other Trilat’
The U.S.-Philippines-Japan partnership needs institutionalization.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at a gathering of foreign ministers of the Indo-Pacific Quad at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on July 1. The Quad Is Dead, Long Live the Quad
In an increasingly dangerous era, the group’s old patterns of cooperation will not suffice.
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the ASEAN summit Trump Plays Offense in China’s Backyard
His Cambodia charm offensive is the new normal in U.S. foreign policy.
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Lee and Trump walk side by side down a red carpet flanked by South Korean honor guards. The Defense Implications of Trump’s Asia Trip
Featuring planes, ships, rockets, and nukes.
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Trump and Takaichi, both smiling, hold up signed documents while standing in front of U.S. and Japanese flags. The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals
From Japan to Pakistan, the deals keep coming.
