Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. When the ten leaders of the countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...

President Donald Trump, on Friday, Oct. 24, embarked on his second term's first Asia trip on Friday Oct. 24 as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into a fourth week with no end in sight. Trump, ...

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 ...

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 – ...

The Philippines has tapped “America’s Got Talent” Season 20 grand winner Jessica Sanchez to entertain foreign leaders and their delegates as the country hosts the Association of Southeast Asian ...

ASEAN looks to international cooperation as China and the Gulf states join its summit for the first time. Participation of China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the May 2025 summit of the ...

Kuala Lumpur: The 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday under the theme "Inclusivity and Sustainability." Prime ...

Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao attends the ASEAN-Canada Summit in Jakarta, Sep. 3, 2023. Credit: Media Center of The ASEAN Summit 2023/M Agung Rajasa/pras/mifta The saga of Timor-Leste’s ...

The 2025 ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur comes at a defining moment for the global trading system, with the bloc positioned to defend openness amid rising protectionism. The parallel RCEP Leaders' ...

ASEAN’s handling of the Myanmar crisis has exposed deep institutional flaws, with its strict adherence to consensus and non-interference increasingly paralysing the bloc in the face of transnational ...