News Analysis The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct its first joint military exercises in the South China Sea in September. The move indicates that ASEAN is joining other countries pushing back against communist China’s hegemonic ambitions. Indonesia, the rotating president country of the ASEAN, made the announcement on June 8. In addition…
ANALYSIS: ASEAN to Hold First Joint Military Drills to Counter China Threat
June 23, 2023
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China Retreats From Southeast Asia
June 21, 2023
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Commentary In yet another sign of China’s economic and financial troubles, Beijing has dramatically diminished its financial presence in Southeast Asia. Once preeminent, China finds itself today eclipsed by others. If Xi Jinping and his colleagues in Beijing still dream of global dominance, it must look further away than ever as China retreats from its…
US Security Alliances in Asia Get Stronger
March 20, 2023
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Commentary It seems that China has been able to accomplish something that 70 years of U.S. diplomacy could never achieve: push Japan and South Korea closer toward something like a strategic partnership. Earlier this month, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol flew to Tokyo to meet with his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minster Fumio Kishida—the first official…
Chinese Courier Companies Face Fierce Competition Amid Intrusion Into Southeast Asia
November 24, 2022
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In the past two years, Chinese shipping and logistics companies have actively been expanding into overseas markets, with the most intense competition being into Southeast Asia. YTO Express, a leading private courier in China, recently announced plans for further expansion abroad at the recent China International Import Expo (CIIE), an annual trade fair held in…
Trudeau Headed to Southeast Asia, Tunisia, Leaving No Time for Climate Conference
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Southeast Asia and North Africa this month, but he won’t be attending a major climate-change conference. The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will attend the Association of South East Asian Nations summit on Nov. 12 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, before heading to the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia….
Southeast Asia Needs More Submarines—Not Fewer
Commentary It is a common cliché that the Asia-Pacific is somehow in the “grip of a regional arms race.” Every few months, there appears an article in the press that Asian militaries are in a “missile race” or a “naval arms race” or some kind of “action-reaction arming.” Much of this is driven by rising…
Though Fearful of China, Southeast Asia Still Prefers to Go It Alone
Commentary When the noted writer and philosopher—and ardent atheist—Voltaire lay dying, a priest was supposed to have attempted a deathbed conversion; but when the priest urged him to renounce Satan, Voltaire replied, “Now is not the time to be making enemies.” I felt a similar experience when I attended a pair of back-to-back conferences last…
Philippines Ambient Drone Film | Simple Happiness Episode 14
Relax and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial nature views from some of the Philippines’ most beautiful and iconic landscape locations captured, paired with a brand new meditation piano ambient musical masterpiece. This video can be used to relax, sleep, meditate, do yoga, study, work, read, and more. The Philippines, officially the Republic…
Indonesia Ambient Drone Film | Simple Happiness Episode 13
Relax and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial views from some of Indonesia’s most beautiful and iconic locations, paired with a brand new meditation piano musical masterpiece. This video can be used to relax, sleep, meditate, do yoga, study, work, and more. Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast…
Japanese Prime Minister Visits Cambodia, Also One of China’s Key Partners
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Cambodia for talks with the country’s longtime leader, Hun Sen, on Sunday to deepen relations and promote calls for the rule of law in one of the Southeast Asia’s closest partners of both China and Japan. Kishida and Hun Sen in a joint statement condemned Russia’s aggression…
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