Tag: Southeast Asia

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: ASEAN plans for an economic future beyond the United States, Thailand and Cambodia exchange their first shots since a ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s second-ever Southeast Asia Brief. Based out of Jakarta, I’ve been closely watching this region for years—fascinated by the pivotal role it has in geopolitics and the ...

Over the past two years, Chinese actors have used a gray market network of buyers, sellers, and brokers in Southeast Asia to circumvent U.S. restrictions on cutting-edge chips used for ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Vietnam as a bellwether for the impact of U.S. tariffs on the region, a new Thai prime minister trips ...

“I’ve ended six wars,” Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several reporters in the White House on Monday. That became “I’ve solved seven wars” by the time that he ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s fixation with securing access to rare earth minerals is creating the conditions for a poor strategic decision in Myanmar. According to a recent report, the Trump ...

As the era of U.S. primacy comes to an end, academics and policymakers have quite naturally been debating what comes next. Will the emergence of a multipolar world prove inherently ...

As a heavily laden, Danish-owned container ship leaves Singapore’s port and enters international waters, it pings China’s Zheng He vessel identification system, providing an update on its cargo and intended ...

Marco Rubio’s first visit to the Indo-Pacific as secretary of state last week was an entirely forgettable, regrettable affair. The original plan was for Rubio to travel to Japan and ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an unenviable diplomatic trip in Malaysia, the Trump administration’s U.S. State Department overhaul, and a new deal to allow aid into ...