Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship: Advancing Inclusive, Sustainable Partnerships
Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2025 culminated in the 47th ASEAN Summit and related meetings at the end of October.
Malaysia’s ASEAN Moment – Ep 5: Reflections on the 2025 chairmanship
In the final episode of “Malaysia’s ASEAN Moment”, we reflect on Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship — a year of both milestones and challenges. Chairman of ISIS Malaysia, Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah, shares insights on key developments including Timor-Leste’s entry into ASEAN, the inaugural ASEAN–GCC–China trilateral summit, and the ASEAN Joint Foreign and Economic […]
Elevating Asean’s promise and playing field
Kuala Lumpur did not merely host one of the most crowded Asean Summits in recent memory; it did so at a crucial moment in history — an achievement of no ordinary scale for even the most seasoned of hosts. But make no mistake: what transpired in the halls of the KLCC Convention Centre and its […]
From Summitry to Substance: Malaysia’s Diplomacy and ASEAN’s Next Chapter
Major summits and extravaganza are like two peas in a pod — replete with pomp and pageantry. Ask the rotating hosts of BRICS or the G20, or the cities of Davos and New York when the WEF and UNGA descend each year. Kuala Lumpur did not merely host one of the most crowded ASEAN Summits […]
My Say: Asean centrality in a time of geopolitical flux: Managing multiplicity without losing purpose
In the light of this, centrality must first be seen as a discipline of cooperation that has enabled Southeast Asia to stay the meeting point of converging interests as opposed to the temptation of slouching towards a battleground of competing powers. While not quite the tenacity of a lobster, its endurance is substantive enough to […]
Consider This: ASEAN Summit 2025: Behind Closed Doors
Few get access to ASEAN’s closed-door sessions but Datuk Professor Dr Faiz Abdullah was in the room for the ASEAN-US Summit with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris asks the Chairperson of the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS Malaysia) for a rare insider […]
As Trump makes rare visit to Malaysia, PM Anwar’s balancing act faces test
Thomas Daniel was quoted by Al Jazeera on 24 October 2025. By John Power Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – When US President Donald Trump lands in Malaysia for Southeast Asia’s headline summit this weekend, he will be delivering Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim a diplomatic coup. US presidents rarely visit Malaysia, a multiracial nation of 35 […]
Malaysia’s ASEAN Moment – Ep 4: The Myanmar Crisis
Since February 2021, the Myanmar crisis has been a defining challenge for ASEAN. Malaysia has made this a key priority during its ASEAN Chairmanship. In this fourth episode of “Malaysia’s ASEAN Moment”, Lilianne Fan (Head of Secretariat for the Malaysian Advisory Group on Myanmar) shares insights into the current situation in Myanmar, the complex dynamics […]
My Say: The case for an Asean power pact
To achieve global climate goals and ensure a sustainable future, nations must collaborate on energy transition, which is unfolding at a speed and scale unprecedented in history. This is not merely a technological shift but an economic and social transformation that will define our region’s trajectory. For Asean, this transition is both an immense opportunity […]