Bilahari Kausikan

Why Asia should care about the Middle East

Public understanding is generally superficial and based on wrong premises

What to expect after ASEAN's Myanmar summit

Diplomacy is about doing what is practical

ASEAN's alibi diplomacy must be allowed to take effect in Myanmar

Outside actors have limited ability to influence the course of events

Myanmar coup will reverberate far beyond Southeast Asia

Crisis is first high stakes test for Biden's relationship with ASEAN

The Indo-Pacific after Donald Trump

Bipartisan consensus toward China the enduring legacy of the last four years

Southeast Asia must prepare for the worst in 2021

Region will do well if things do not go backward

Watch what you wish for, including a Biden victory

Donald Trump has done much to restore the credibility of US power

How Indo-Pacific countries can keep their options open

Multipolar relationships can survive rising US-China tensions

No, China will not get away with rewriting history

Beijing mainly cares about convincing its domestic audience, not the global one

ASEAN -- finding middle path in the US-China conflict

Despite local uncertainties, the region must be bold in shaping its own future

Manipulation, Chinese style

An educated public is the best defense to Beijing's growing influence operations in Asia

North Korea talks deepen Japan's dilemma

While Trump and Kim warm up ties, Tokyo is left in the cold

Trump's global retreat is an illusion

The US maintains global role, while China struggles to project power

Growing complexities threaten ASEAN consensus politics

Countries struggle to balance group and national interests

North Korea upends strategic logic of Northeast Asia

Failure of disarmament drive puts Japan, South Korea on nuclear path too