Southeast Asia Program

The CSIS Southeast Asia Program is the premier forum for sustained high-level policy dialogue focusing on Southeast Asia and U.S. interests in the region

The Southeast Asia Program provides policy recommendations and support for U.S.–Southeast Asia relations and builds political, economic, and people-to-people ties between the United States and Southeast Asian countries.

In this effort, the Southeast Asia Program:

  • Raises the level of focus on Southeast Asia through educating, enlightening, and making regional issues and leaders more accessible to a U.S. audience.
  • Broadens the constituency of active and interested parties in the United States that are engaged in the policy dialogue on Southeast Asia.
  • Develops a strong foundation of research-based knowledge to encourage dynamic policy dialogue in support of sound security, economic, human rights, and people-to-people policies toward Southeast Asia.
  • Attracts the world’s most talented and knowledgeable researchers and thinkers to contribute to the CSIS Southeast Asia Program.

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New Book Alert! On Dangerous Ground by Greg Poling

Elina interviews Greg about his new book, On Dangerous Ground: America's Century in the South China Sea.

Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling and Simon Tran Hudes — July 7, 2022

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Book Launch: On Dangerous Ground: America's Century in the South China Sea

Please join CSIS on July 5 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. ET for the launch of Gregory Poling’s new book, On Dangerous Ground: America’s Century in the South China Sea, evaluating U.S. interests in the world’s most complex and dangerous maritime dispute.

Event by Gregory B. Poling , Bonnie Glaser , and Peter Martin — July 5, 2022

Photo: TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

Spotlight - Laos: June 30, 2022

Laos’s relative moment in the sun has given way to cloudier skies, as economic peril begins to reverberate across the country.

Blog Post by Charles Dunst — June 30, 2022

Photo: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Turning around U.S.-Cambodia Relations with Sophal Ear and Charles Dunst

Greg and Elina talk with Dr. Sophal Ear, associate professor in the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, and Charles Dunst, associate at The Asia Group and adjunct fellow with the CSIS Southeast Asia Program.

Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling and Charles Dunst — June 23, 2022

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The Latest on Southeast Asia: June 23, 2022

Just as countries around the world have begun shifting their focus from Covid-19 to post-pandemic recovery, global inflation accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supply chain disruptions have placed economic growth plans in jeopardy.

Blog Post — June 23, 2022

Photo: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images

Is Myanmar’s Military on Its Last Legs?

Instead of securing the stability and security of Myanmar, the coup has created the possibility of the country fragmenting into several separate sovereign states.

Commentary by Michael Martin — June 21, 2022

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Pariah or Partner? Clarifying the U.S. Approach to Cambodia

Current U.S. policy toward Cambodia—comprising sanctions and sparse engagement—is contradictory and unsustainable. Cambodia sits in a neighborhood too important to ignore. Washington should therefore apply a consistent, constructive, and future-focused Cambodia strategy.

Report by Gregory B. Poling , Charles Dunst , and Simon Tran Hudes — June 14, 2022

Photo: AHN YOUNG-JOON/AFP/Getty Images
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Quad Pact on Maritime Domain Awareness with Zack Cooper

Greg and Elina talk with Zack Cooper, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about the Quad’s new maritime domain awareness partnership.

Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling , Simon Tran Hudes , and Andreyka Natalegawa — June 9, 2022

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