Malaysia’s chairmanship sought to fend off short-term challenges while laying the groundwork for minimizing ASEAN’s longer-term exposure to external stresses.
Elina Noor
This volume identifies the successes and failures of international and transnational governance and provides the basis for a broad comparative analysis across problem areas.
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Part I: Introduction (P.J. Simmons and Chantal de Jonge Oudraat )
This section will provide an overview of literature on global governance and international regimes and will outline of the analytical framework of the study.
Part II: Global Issues
Part III: Conclusions
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Malaysia’s chairmanship sought to fend off short-term challenges while laying the groundwork for minimizing ASEAN’s longer-term exposure to external stresses.
Elina Noor
For Malaysia, the conjunction that works is “and” not “or” when it comes to the United States and China.
Elina Noor
ASEAN needs to determine how to balance perpetuating the benefits of technology cooperation with China while mitigating the risks of getting caught in the crosshairs of U.S.-China gamesmanship.
Elina Noor
Damien Ma is taking the helm as director of Carnegie China, the Carnegie Endowment’s East Asia-based research center.
In July 2025, Vietnam and China held their first joint army drill, a modest but symbolic move reflecting Hanoi’s strategic hedging amid U.S.–China rivalry.
Nguyễn Khắc Giang