Under Biden, US Pivots to a Free, Open Indo-Pacific

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Guest Column

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Southeast Asian capitals are watching to see whether the US, having left Afghanistan, will devote more resources to countering China’s aggressive moves in the region.

54 Years on, ASEAN Looking Increasingly Ineffectual

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Guest Column

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

The bloc’s ‘too little, too late’ response to Myanmar’s crisis is emblematic of a wider inability to deal effectively with challenges from COVID to the China-US rivalry.

ASEAN Lags Behind Myanmar Curve

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Commentary

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

The group’s appointment of a special envoy is likely to prove too little, too late for what has been desperately needed on the ground.

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