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 ...

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 – ...

PETALING JAYA: The sense of unity within Asean helped pave the way for a thaw in the tense relations between Thailand and Cambodia in recent months, says Thai foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan today said Asean’s growing recognition on the global stage shows that the region is stronger when its members stand and move together ...

ASEAN’s responses to major regional security challenges like the Myanmar crisis illustrate weakening ASEAN centrality — ASEAN’s key principle and aspiration. The question of whether and how ASEAN can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inherent "asymmetry" of power poses a challenge to resolving South China Sea disputes via the quiet diplomacy traditionally ...