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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Between Two Reefs: Indonesia’s Strategic Culture in the Twenty-First Century

Indonesia’s long-held doctrine of “free and active” diplomacy has shaped its journey from anticolonial struggle to emerging middle power. This chapter traces what drives Jakarta’s careful navigation between great-power rivalries.

Brief by Gregory B. Poling and Andreyka Natalegawa — December 2, 2025

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Greg Poling, Elina Noor, and Japhet Quitzon highlight the most important news from Southeast Asia and dive into candid conversations with leading voices on the region and U.S. foreign policy.

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Indonesia Steps Up Global Health Diplomacy

The year 2013 marks Indonesia’s arrival on the global health diplomacy stage. The country’s health minister has become chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

Report by Murray Hiebert — July 3, 2013

Hun Sen’s Homegrown Political Risk

There is a compelling case to be made that over the last several years, we have witnessed the front end of an “ASEAN spring.”

Commentary by Ernest Z. Bower and Amy Killian — June 27, 2013

John Kerry to Attend ASEAN Regional Forum

U.S. secretary of state John Kerry will visit Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei Darussalam, to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on July 2.

Critical Questions by Ernest Z. Bower and Noelan Arbis — June 26, 2013