New Global Order

NEW GLOBAL ORDER

The missing link in Asean’s AI economy: trusted cross-border data flows

The competition over critical minerals can no longer be understood simply as a contest between the US and China.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Beyond US-China rivalry: triangular geopolitics of critical minerals is reshaping global trade

Asean is now in a position to revisit the idea of a bloc-to-bloc agreement with the EU.
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EU and Asean at 50: time for bold action

South-east Asia's growth trajectory means its energy choices will have global consequences, and Singapore is emerging as a key player in the coming years.
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South-east Asia can lead the energy transition with its partners

The combination of their interests and capacity to pursue them means that middle powers desire, and could prove pivotal to the emergence of, a new world order.
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After the American order: How mid-sized states could become middle powers

Besides getting better, the cost of AI is falling dramatically, the writer notes.
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The AI work that will compound for Asean

US President Donald Trump's positions have forced into focus a collision of economic, trade and strategic imbalances that are reshaping the global order, says the writer.
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The collision of imbalances shaping a more contested world – and why tariffs are not the answer

Asean is now viewed by the survey’s respondents as the most credible platform for upholding the rules-based order.
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Asean’s test in a fragmented global economy

US President Donald Trump (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan in October 2025. The most plausible outcome of US-China rivalry is not a clean transition from one hegemon to another, but a fragmented order.
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US-China rivalry and the Kindleberger Trap: Why inaction – not escalation – is the biggest risk

Leaders at the fifth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit in Kuala Lumpur last October. The 10 Asean states, along with Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, are signatories to the trade pact.
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Strengthening Asean’s economic resilience through RCEP’s 2027 review