List of Southeast Asia articles
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About two dozen people on rescue teams stand and climb on piles of rubble spilling out the side of a partly destroyed building at least two stories tall. Many of the workers wear orange uniforms striped with neon yellow or other reflective colors. Almost all wear helmets. Myanmar’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines
The junta has exploited past crises to reinforce its power—and it can do it again.
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Malaysian Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz speaks during a press conference. Trump’s Tariffs Crush the ASEAN Economic Model
Southeast Asia is panicking as free trade vanishes.
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A camera looks down the length of an open freezer shelf of a grocery store aisle. A large sign above the display says "100% Aussie tender beef." Beyond the sign, cuts of meat wrapped in plastic are seen, slightly out of focus. Are Tariffs the End of the Australian-U.S. Friendship?
Politicians of all stripes are tripping over each other to bash the U.S. trade war.
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Protesters hold up umbrellas to shield themselves from strong splashes of water gushing from somewhere off to the right side of the image. Most of the demonstrators are young adults, and some wear helmets and surgical masks. Water droplets splatter around the entire image. Indonesians Take to Streets Against New Military Laws
Seemingly innocuous changes are a reminder of the past dictatorship.
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Students attend a class on the first day of the school year at a high school in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 1, 2023. Trump Aid Cuts Threaten Myanmar’s Youth
The administration’s knee-jerk reactions are harming the world’s most vulnerable. A scholarship program was among the first on the chopping block.
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Officials including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2024. Will Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy Boost BRICS?
If Turkey and Saudi Arabia follow Indonesia in joining the bloc, it could gain more geopolitical heft.
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A group of young women in white dresses out for a hike near a large rock formation. Australia’s First Art Film
“Picnic at Hanging Rock” has kept audiences guessing for 50 years.
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Rodrigo Duterte holds a microphone while giving a speech. Rodrigo Duterte Will Face Justice. Will Anyone Else?
A deadly war on drugs in the Philippines isn’t over.
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Aerial view of the core module of China's Linglong One, the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), installed in Hainan Province of China on Aug. 10, 2023. Nuclear Power Is the Cuckoo in the Climate Policy Nest
Politicians in Australia, the U.K., and elsewhere are obfuscating the true cost of next-generation technologies.
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A man in black pants, a black turtleneck, and a gray blazer stands onstage and gestures with one hand while holding a microphone in another. Company names are displayed English and Chinese text on a large screen behind him; they include OpenAI, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek. Containment Can’t Win the U.S.-China Tech Race Alone
Washington needs to foster innovation to beat Beijing.
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A protester at the center holds up a sign showing a cartoon image of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar military chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Chinese Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar Knows Xi’s World Order Is a Con
Beijing makes hollow promises of nonintervention as it meddles with its neighbors.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (L) and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick (R), speaks to the press as he signs an executive order to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Big Questions Facing Trump’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund
He isn’t the first U.S. president to try to establish one, but the initiative faces several obstacles.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane en route to El Salvador in Panama City. Merging USAID and State Could Make the U.S. Less Secure
Similar attempts to combine development and diplomacy worldwide have had mixed results.
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Protesters step on a caricature of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a demonstration against Chinese incursions into the South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consulate in the Philippine capital, Manila, on April 9, 2024. The Philippines Is Ever More Focused on Taiwan
Beijing’s threats in the region have changed Manila’s approach to security.
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Three soldiers wearing camouflage and holding guns sit in the back of a vehiclce on a highway with green grass and shrubs on either side. ‘Now It’s Our Turn’
As Myanmar’s military struggles to project strength along its borders, a sense of optimism prevails among the Karen National Liberation Army.
