Author: Li Mingjiang, RSIS The past few years have been particularly eventful for the South China Sea dispute. The tensions and related diplomatic pressures exerted on...
Author: Peter Drysdale, Editor, East Asia Forum After decades of struggle to overcome political repression and deprivation, Myanmar appears on the way to democracy. This achievement...
Author: Pradumna B. Rana, RSIS On 3 May 2012, on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Annual Meeting in Manila, ASEAN+3 took a number...
Author: Chalongphob Sussangkarn, TDRI The Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) is a regional foreign exchange liquidity support mechanism that developed as a result of the 1997–98 Asian...
Author: Shankaran Nambiar, MIU, Malaysia The Najib government has given renewed focus to Malaysia’s international economic relations, including liberalisation and increasing interaction with the global economy....
Cambodia and Thailand moved closer to ending the fighting on their border with reports of a cease-fire agreement. Indonesian officials have worked to mediate in the...
The head of a UN trade body urges Thailand to take a lead in moving the Southeast Asian region towards its 2015 ASEAN Community goal. He...
The Finance Ministry has joined hands with the Tourism Council of Thailand to craft a national long-term plan for the tourism industry. Meanwhile, the independent tourism...