ASEAN’s Mixed Feelings About U.S.-China Detente
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. This week, I’m coming to you from the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, where I’ve been haunting the frigidly air-conditioned convention center halls. ...
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Japan’s Prime Minister ‘Impressed and Inspired’ by Trump’s Historic Peace Deals
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae praised President Donald Trump’s diplomatic record during his visit to Tokyo, commending his leadership in securing ceasefire agreements in Asia and the Middle East as ...
Trump signs peace and trade deals ending conflict between Cambodia and Thailand — rips UN: ‘Didn’t get involved’
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Trump blasted the United Nations for not being more involved in ending wars as he signed peace and trade deals Sunday with the leaders of ...
Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: ASEAN’s summit makes Kuala Lumpur a geopolitical hub, Laos considers cutting power to crypto miners, a royal baby is ...
The Rise of Durian Diplomacy
The fruit’s scent announces its presence long before it comes into view. The aroma snakes down the lorongs, past the coffee houses and xian bing stalls of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, ...
Cambodian Gang Member Illegally in U.S. Charged for Texas Woman’s Murder
Federal authorities filed multiple charges against a Cambodian gang member who allegedly shot a Texas woman. The Cambodian illegal alien is also wanted for a 2022 murder in California. This ...
Are Scam Compounds the Real Cause of Thailand-Cambodia Fighting?
CAMBODIA—By July 28, O’Smach, on Cambodia’s northern border, had become a ghost town. Five days of intense fighting with Thailand, erupting after months of tensions over contested territory, saw more ...
The Battle of Narratives on the Thai-Cambodian Border
Residents of the Thai province of Ubon Ratchathani were already on high alert after a Cambodian soldier was killed during a brief firefight on the two countries’ disputed border in ...
Can UNESCO Accommodate Both Preservation and Human Rights?
During a private meeting in Paris last September, an Indigenous Maasai lawyer from Tanzania encouraged leaders from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to remove northern Tanzania’s ...
Exclusive — Donald Trump: When America Is Great Again, We Will Have ‘A Much More Peaceful Nation’ and ‘A Peaceful World’
MAIDENS, South Ayrshire, Scotland — President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively last week here that when he finishes the objective of making America great again he will leave behind ...
