Too much time on problems without solutions will doom ASEAN to paltry progress.

ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meetings tend to avoid the speculation and stalemates that make the leaders' summits such ham-fisted affairs.

Myanmar’s security challenges remain predominantly land-based, although they do aggravate security threats in its maritime domain.

The author asks whether Cambodia's position as the region's most corrupt state presages the fate of the region as a whole.

Should Timor-Leste not become the 11th ASEAN member by the end of 2017, momentum may be lost and ascension indefinitely delayed.

With elections slated within the next year, the Malaysian government is running out of time to secure its economic future.

Relying on commercial ties to add ballast to bilateral diplomatic relations can quickly come undone if the deals start going wrong.

By 2030 ASEAN is projected to be the world’s fourth-largest economic bloc.

Where the South China Sea was once the big ticket item for the bloc's summits, this weekend was dominated by another lingering regional flashpoint – North Korea.

It’s easy to overlook an event that perhaps offers Turnbull his best shot at his own regional legacy this term – the summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Sydney next March.

Asia's leaders know to take the bluster of Trump's initial policy statements with a heaping of salt and await more nuanced follow-up from his senior staff.

ASEAN Summits are largely defined by what is left unresolved and unsaid, rather than what is acknowledged in the chair statements.

There are other, more reliable ways of signalling US commitment to the region.