A leaked phone call between Thailand and Cambodia has spiraled into a regional scandal—fracturing coalitions, halting trade, and exposing ASEAN’s crisis blind spots. This in-depth analysis unpacks the scandal’s roots, economic shockwaves, and strategic implications for Southeast Asia’s future.
ASEAN rules-based order faces a pivotal test in Manila as delegates debate a bloc-wide protest tool against China’s water-cannon tactics. Read the intel drop.
The Indo-Pacific alignment crisis threatens ASEAN’s future. Explore how competing empires and internal fractures force urgent institutional reinvention.
Vietnam free trade push ramps up new FTAs to offset looming U.S. tariffs, reshape ASEAN trade dynamics, and secure export-led growth.
The US–China tariff pause suspends duties for 90 days on $600 billion in goods, stabilizing ASEAN supply chains and boosting regional exporters.
As Southeast Asia digitizes, the battle for digital sovereignty intensifies. This essay examines China’s digital entrenchment, U.S. countermeasures, and ASEAN’s fragile autonomy in the infrastructure wars.
Strategic Dispatches from Southeast Asia Malaysia Joint Military Exercise Johor: Special Forces and Royal Troops Mobilized From May 1 to May 13, 2025, Malaysia’s elite 21st Special Forces Group is conducting Exercise Thunderstorm Series 1/2025 in joint operations with the Johor Military Force (JMF) — a historic, tightly coordinated security drill across Johor’s coastal zones…
Vietnam enacts a sweeping digital sovereignty law, introducing a National Data Centre and strict data localization controls.
Indonesian agencies deploy Israeli spyware while relying on Huawei networks — a quiet digital crisis with global stakes.
In this strategic dispatches from Southeast Asia, Vietnam and India quietly expand defense tech cooperation, reshaping Indo-Pacific security dynamics under Beijing’s radar.
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