As the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in July came to an end, questions about the futility of the organization remained. Initiated by China as the Shanghai Five in 1996, the ...

Signed in 1976, ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation was ASEAN's first legally binding treaty and serves as its organisational pillar. It drives the ASEAN traditions of non-interference, peaceful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inherent "asymmetry" of power poses a challenge to resolving South China Sea disputes via the quiet diplomacy traditionally ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan today said Asean’s growing recognition on the global stage shows that the region is stronger when its members stand and move together ...

A Malaysian official raises the country’s flag ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: MOFA Malaysia Kuala Lumpur is under a tight security lockdown this week – ...

Asean’s consensus-based approach is too weak to persuade a dominant China to agree to a code of conduct, experts say Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has called on Southeast Asian leaders to ...