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Breaking news and analysis on US-Asean relations, including trade, defence and diplomacy.
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- Singapore’s incoming PM takes the reins against a vastly changed geopolitical backdrop from the one his predecessor Lee Hsien Loong faced
- Heightened US-China tensions have left little diplomatic room for manoeuvre – but experts say Singapore ‘cannot survive without both’
The US Treasury’s top sanctions official said Washington saw Iranian oil being transferred near Singapore and throughout the wider region.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Chenda Sophea Sok tells Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Phnom Penh opposes ‘troublemaking in the region by extraterritorial forces’.
The Philippine president said the cooperation agreement signed in Washington will change the dynamic in Asean and around the contested waterway.
The military alliance should also consider recruiting South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, according to former Nato supreme allied commander James Stavridis.
Readers discuss Australia’s overtures to Southeast Asia at a summit this month, and the chances of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi returning to power.
US President Joe Biden’s press secretary confirmed the April 11 meeting with Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Fumio Kishida to ‘advance a trilateral partnership built on deep historical ties of friendship’.
Assistant US secretary of state Daniel Kritenbrink says he raised issues around Ream base during Phnom Penh visit.
Malaysia’s prime minister spoke in defence of ties with China and complained over alleged pressure by the US and its allies on regional nations to take sides in the West’s strategic rivalries with Beijing.
Daniel Kritenbrink, an assistant US secretary of state, says Beijing enjoys the opportunity ‘the international order provides but … takes actions that undermine’ it.
Australia’s former foreign minister Bob Carr and 49 others are supporting an appeal for easing of hostility between the two superpowers.
US partners in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework are impatient for implementation, Marc Mealy of US-Asean Business Council says.
The US semiconductor giant is set to discuss cooperation deals with Vietnamese tech companies and authorities on Monday.
China and regional bloc will ‘accelerate negotiations’, Chinese foreign ministry says after senior officials had ‘in-depth exchange of views’ and agreed to deepen cooperation.
National Development and Reform Commission pledges to support Yunnan with transport, logistics, energy and digital connection with southern neighbours.
China’s Vice-Foreign Minister for Asia Sun Weidong meets Daniel Kritenbrink, US Assistant Secretary of State, for ‘candid, in-depth and constructive consultation’ on regional issues, including Taiwan and maritime issues.
Experts warn Beijing’s tactic of using its Southeast Asian neighbour as a re-export centre may receive further scrutiny.
Srettha Thavisin has been in office for less than a month, but Washington already sees its best opportunity in two decades to get its alliance with Thailand back on track.
