Author: Tan See Seng, RSIS

The Sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) will convene on 19 November in Bali, with the US and Russia as full members.

Yet doubts remain over the Summit’s prospects as a high-impact forum, and its likely contributions to East Asia’s peace and prosperity. Read more…

Author: See Seng Tan, NTU

As the ASEAN Regional Forum meets in Bali, for the eighteenth time, it bears in the eyes of many few signs of institutional maturity.

None of its 27 participants have quite quit the forum yet, but discontent over the ARF’s perceived ineffectiveness in managing the region’s security has indubitably risen in recent years. Read more…