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August 31, 2023

Mexico
ASEAN Summit, AMLO’s Final Year, COVID-19 Variants Emerge, and More

Southeast Asian leaders meet in Jakarta, Indonesia for the forty-third Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, working to improve the bloc’s cooperation with external partners; Mexican…

Podcast Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during an event at the Zocalo square to mark the fifth anniversary of his election victory in Mexico City, Mexico on July 1, 2023.

August 29, 2022

Myanmar
ASEAN’s Complete Failure on Myanmar: A Short Overview

ASEAN has proven ineffective in responding to the Myanmar military's brutal crackdown since the 2021 coup.

Photo of an unoccupied seat and table holding Myanmar's placard and national flag.

June 20, 2019

Southeast Asia
Previewing This Weekend’s ASEAN Summit

The summit this weekend of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), held in Bangkok, will probably be less contentious than some of the ASEAN summits earlier this decade, when t…

ASEAN leaders gather for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore November 13, 2018.

November 3, 2022

Climate Change
COP27, U.S. Midterms, ASEAN Summit, and More

Egypt hosts the COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt; Americans vote in closely watched midterm elections; and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, kicks off a month of…

Podcast View of a COP27 sign on the road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh town as the city prepares to host the COP27 summit next month, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt October 20, 2022.