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ASEAN’s Angry Summit

ASEAN’s Angry Summit

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The ASEAN summit looms as frustration with the United States grows, Aung...

06.05.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Indonesia Floated a Malacca Toll

Why Indonesia Floated a Malacca Toll

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indonesia floats a Malacca toll, Duterte stands trial over crimes...

29.04.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why the Junta Released Myanmar’s President

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Myanmar’s president is released from jail, Japanese troops exercise in...

21.04.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Prabowo’s Russian Roulette

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indonesia’s president visits Moscow even as he signs a U.S. defense...

15.04.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Southeast Asia’s Coming Food Crisis

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Southeast Asia faces spiking food prices, Myanmar’s top general...

07.04.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Southeast Asia’s Energy Emergency Begins

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The Philippines declares an energy emergency, Thailand gets permission...

31.03.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why China Is Stoking Division in Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Alliance

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Myanmar’s anti-junta alliance is splitting under Beijing’s...

24.03.2026 30

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Price Hikes at the Pump Destabilize Southeast Asian Politics

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Countries around the region brace for higher fuel prices, a Thai ship is...

16.03.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

How the Iran War Hurts Thailand and Singapore

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Thai and Singaporean imports of natural gas face price hikes following...

10.03.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Prabowo’s Peacemaker Campaign Now Extends to Iran

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Southeast Asia...

03.03.2026 50

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Duterte Finally Faces ICC Reckoning for His ‘War on Drugs’

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The Philippines’ Duterte faces the ICC, U.S. tariff chaos undermines...

24.02.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Indonesia Is All-In on Trump’s Board of Peace

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Southeast Asia diverges as Trump’s Board of Peace meets, Thailand...

18.02.2026 30

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Thai Conservatives Just Won Big

11.02.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

The Philippines Brokers South China Sea Talks

04.02.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Vietnam’s To Lam Stakes His Ascent on Rapid Growth

27.01.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

How Japan and the Philippines Are Hedging Against China Together

21.01.2026 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Southeast Asia Spoke Out Against Maduro’s Capture

07.01.2026 30

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Southeast Asia Faces a Challenging 2026

31.12.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Southeast Asia’s Year in Review

16.12.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Indonesia’s Not Out of the Flood Zone

09.12.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Malaysia’s Borneo Election Spells Trouble for Anwarjos

02.12.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

The Philippine Government Is Creaking Under the Weight of Scandal

25.11.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why the Thai-Cambodia Peace Deal Is in Tatters

18.11.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

A Power-Hungry Southeast Asia Wants China’s Energy

14.11.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Extreme Weather Hits Southeast Asia So Hard

12.11.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why Extreme Weather Hits Southeast Asia So Hard

11.11.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Indonesia’s Belt and Road Railway to Nowhere

04.11.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

ASEAN’s Mixed Feelings About U.S.-China Detente

29.10.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN

21.10.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

A Problematic First Year for Indonesia’s President

Two features stand out so far in Prabowo Subianto's presidency: the concentration of power in the hands of the president, and a chaotic approach to...

20.10.2025 10

The Diplomat

Joseph Rachman

How Storms Are Shaping Politics in Southeast Asia

15.10.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

The Myanmar Junta Is Making Powerful Friends

07.10.2025 30

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

The ASEAN Plan for a Post-American World

30.09.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Timor-Leste’s Protests Fit Into a Regional Trend

23.09.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Trump’s Tariffs Start to Bite in Vietnam

16.09.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Indonesia Is Bracing for More Violence

05.09.2025 30

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Asia’s Autocrats Welcome USAID’s End

17.06.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Trump’s Tariffs Crush the ASEAN Economic Model

08.04.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Indonesians Take to Streets Against New Military Laws

02.04.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman