…The UK recently sought status as an independent Dialogue Partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and has made clear its intention to join the Comprehensive and Progressive…

…US$50bn. The Gulf’s trade ties with India and ASEAN have also seen significant growth. October’s inaugural ASEAN-GCC Summit in Riyadh, as well as the UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs)…

…policy agenda concerning the Indo-Pacific. The UK’s broader relations with the region through its accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), ASEAN-UK Dialogue Partnership, Indian Ocean…

…ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit – The 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit will take place in Busan next week, celebrating 30 years of dialogue relations. The focus will be on issues…

In its Integrated Review Refresh 2023 published in May, the UK government announced its Indo-Pacific tilt has been ‘delivered’. Highlighting dialogue partner status with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…

…request earlier this month to achieve Dialogue Partner status with ASEAN. Accession to the CPTPP is also emerging as a key policy aim for the UK in the region. Black,…

…leaders   CAMBODIAN ROADBLOCK Is the Asean way of mutual accommodation and excessive politeness leading Thailand and Malaysia to help the regime in Cambodia suppress political oppression? Some human rights…

…all but one US-Asean or East Asia Summit during his tenure, President Donald Trump has attended only the one in the Philippines during his first year in office. The no-show…

…to meet his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in and Asean leaders as the timing is not right, Pyongyang has said. KL ARRESTS CHINA SCAMSTERS: Malaysia has arrested over 1,000 people…

Asia House returned to Singapore in November 2019 to convene its major international conference: The Asia House Global Trade Dialogue. Senior figures from policy, technology, business and regulation took part…

…visit since taking office next week. He will visit ASEAN countries, including Indonesia and Vietnam, from 18 October. He is expected to discuss cooperation around the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan-ASEAN cooperation,…

…TO MEET CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER TOMORROW Self-exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy – who in the past week has sparked awkward diplomatic negotiations in Asean with his bid to return…

…with this fast-evolving environment, there is an urgent need for constructive dialogue with policymakers. Dialogue is essential to craft a policy framework that manages new risks in the digital era…

…agree on it was a great achievement. Internal political opposition in India to the RCEP deal intensified recently. Asean Summit: RCEP conclusion without India still a ‘major step forward’, says…

…Partnership (RCEP) agreement earlier this month, in a move that disappointed several countries. Asean leaders, China and others involved in the discussions are eyeing a signing of the pact in…

…politics, but also raised the country’s global standing. The leader of the most populous country in South-east Asia also led the framing of the document titled ‘Asean Outlook on the…