The 2025 ASEAN and East Asia Summits in Kuala Lumpur beginning today are set to be consequential multilateral gatherings — defining not only ASEAN’s internal cohesion but also the shape of U.S.–China ...

As the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in July came to an end, questions about the futility of the organization remained. Initiated by China as the Shanghai Five in 1996, the ...

Signed in 1976, ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation was ASEAN's first legally binding treaty and serves as its organisational pillar. It drives the ASEAN traditions of non-interference, peaceful ...

ASEAN has been challenged by internal conflicts and increased rivalry between the United States and China, yet it continues to work towards maintaining strategic autonomy and avoiding regional ...

East Timor has joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the bloc’s 11th member state in a move Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hailed as a “dream realised”. The flag of East Timor, ...

A Malaysian official raises the country’s flag ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: MOFA Malaysia Kuala Lumpur is under a tight security lockdown this week – ...

President Trump is traveling to Malaysia for the event, his first destination in a nearly weeklong trip. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia For his first stop on a whirlwind tour of ...