The United States’ choice to build up the United States Coast Guard in Southeast Asia is an opportunity for the region to cooperate more closely on maritime security, Aristyo Rizka Darmawan writes.

Despite a desire for peace in the South China Sea, ASEAN’s history and the domestic views of its member states may hold it back from usefully contributing to resolving the dispute, Aristyo Rizka Darmawan writes.

A visit from the United States vice president has reinforced a growing alliance between former adversaries, forged around freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, Chander Shekhar writes.

There will, no doubt, be much written about 2020 and how we have all had to change and adapt to new realities. To add to the list, Policy Forum will be saying ‘farewell’ to its co-founder and inspirational editor, Martyn Pearce.  

Russia appears to be cautiously building power in Southeast Asia, but until tensions between the United States and China subside, there may not be much room for yet more great power influence in the region, Joshua Espeña writes.

It’s a long way from Moscow, but for Russia, the contested waters of the South China Sea might provide opportunities for scientific collaboration, legitimacy, and major diplomatic gains, Olga Krasnyak writes.