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Trump Could Make Asia More United March 29, 2025

US President Donald Trump has raised the spectre of economic and geopolitical turmoil in Asia. While individual countries have few options for pushing back against Trump’s transactional diplomacy, protectionist trade policies and erratic decision-mak...

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ASEAN Needs More Than Security From the U.S. August 13, 2024

In response to China's rising military presence, the United States, Japan and the Philippines strengthened their defence posture in the Indo-Pacific during their trilateral summit in April 2024. Yet the United States' focus on defense and security is...

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Australia, ASEAN Warn Against Confrontations in South China March 06, 2024

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Why ASEAN-Australia Summits Matter March 06, 2024

The ASEAN-Australia leaders’ summit in Melbourne offers the opportunity for Australia to embrace ASEAN’s ‘inclusive regionalism’ and the organisation’s centrality in mediating the Indo-Pacific struggle between the great powers. ...

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