YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

Southeast Asia now finds itself caught in a middle-democracy trap where development sidelines democratic progress

US President Trump’s tariffs loom over gathering in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur which will also feature US-Russia talks.

Chinese companies use Southeast Asia countries as an alternative route to dribble US tariffs and maintain commercial flow without falling into sanctions While the tension between China and the

Xi Jinping's Southeast Asian tour exploited US tariff threats to promote nationalist messaging, positioning China as a reliable regional partner against Western economic aggression.

The region is competing with the rest of the world – and with itself – to get the best possible deal in a near-impossible time frame, says political risk analyst Hasan Jafri.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United States and other allied countries

Canada is seeking to finalise a free trade deal with Southeast Asian nations as part of a push to expand into new markets, its top diplomat said, responding to the hefty tariffs imposed on it by the United States,

An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.

"Europe, on its own, can offer Southeast Asia a valuable option to hedge against the risks of overdependence on either China or the United States," Céline Pajon, head of Japan and Indo-Pacific ...