Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has vowed to go ahead with large-scale Chinese-backed infrastructure projects, notably the renegotiated East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), to boost Malaysia’ COVID19-hit economy.

With the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party dissolved, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet is quickly rising through the ranks of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.

Thanks to a broad anti-government pro-democracy youth movement, risky calls to reform the Thai monarchy are breaking new ground.

With a national election fast approaching, barriers to peace remain in Myanmar’s ethnic borderlands.

The longer Marawi is left in ruins, the higher the chance that history could repeat itself.

Widespread protests may have brought Papuan independence to the attention of global audiences last year, but that is unlikely to change the tense status quo in the region.

The Visiting Forces Agreement was the glue that held the US-Philippines security relationship together.

The Duterte administration has signaled a willingness to negotiate with the New People’s Army. But this is merely a first step in a long and tenuous peace process.

After a lull, could Islamic State rebound in the Philippines?

With ethnic conflicts flaring up and down the country, reinvigorating the nation-level peace process will be challenging – but not impossible.