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Enhancing Development Finance for Southeast Asia’s Least Developed Countries

Zaw Oo proposes a trilateral framework between ASEAN, China, and the U.S. to address regional challenges and support Southeast Asia’s least developed countries.

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Asia Summit 2025

09 Sep 2025

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Balanced Connectivity: The Role of the U.S. and China in Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Development

Cheng-Chwee Kuik provides a brief assessment of the roles of China and the United States in Southeast Asia’s quest for balanced connectivity building.

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Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition: Potential for U.S.-China Collaboration

Natharoun Ngo Son looks at how the U.S. and China can collaborate to accelerate renewable energy transition in Southeast Asia.

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Reducing Economic Disparity among Southeast Asian Countries: U.S.-China “Coopetition”

Cielito Habito looks at how China and the United States could ideally help reduce inequalities across the ASEAN region.

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"Leave No One Behind”: Development Impacts on Vulnerable Groups in Southeast Asia

Prapaporn Tivayanond Mongkhonvanit examines the impact of U.S. and Chinese development programs on marginalized and vulnerable groups in Southeast Asia.

Myanmar protesters cheer while holding photos of democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, during a gathering at the United Nations on February 01, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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USAID Absence After the Deadly Myanmar Earthquake Speaks Volumes

By dismantling foreign aid, US President Donald Trump surrendered soft power in Southeast Asia and cleared the path for China, writes Bryanna Entwistle in an op-ed for Channel News Asia.

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Briefing MONTHLY #82 | March 2025

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Sean Turnell on Surviving Myanmar’s Notorious Prisons and the Economic Future of the Civil War

The former economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi shares his experience in detention after the 2021 coup and discusses Myanmar’s economic challenges and potential international solutions.

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Sean Turnell on Surviving Myanmar’s Notorious Prisons and the Economic Future of the Civil War

The former economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi shares his experience in detention after the 2021 coup and discusses Myanmar’s economic challenges and potential international solutions.

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Myanmar/Burma 2025: Challenges and Opportunities

Sean Turnell, Priscilla Clapp, and Kyaw Moe Tun speak with Debra Eisenman about the current situation in Myanmar four years after its military coup in 2021.

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Briefing MONTHLY #81 | February 2025

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Briefing MONTHLY #80 | January 2025

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Winter Reading 2024

Book Recommendations by 2024 TOY Senior Fellow James Crabtree

Talk at the Library: Myanmar's Borderworlds with India and China

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Talk at the Library: 'The War Had Been Going On in the Border Areas for Forever'

In the Talk at the Library: Myanmar's Borderworlds with India and China, political geographer Jasnea Sarma explores how borders function not only as physical dividers of territorial states, but also as spaces of control, resistance, extract

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Talk at the Library: Myanmar's Borderworlds with India and China

Jasnea Sarma speaks with Rebecca Farner on how borders operate not just as physical boundaries between territorial states, but also as sites of control, resistance, exploitation, and negotiation.

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Briefing MONTHLY #78 | November 2024

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Enhancing Development Finance for Southeast Asia’s Least Developed Countries

UPCOMING EVENTS

Balanced Connectivity: The Role of the U.S. and China in Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Development

Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition: Potential for U.S.-China Collaboration

Reducing Economic Disparity among Southeast Asian Countries: U.S.-China “Coopetition”

"Leave No One Behind”: Development Impacts on Vulnerable Groups in Southeast Asia

USAID Absence After the Deadly Myanmar Earthquake Speaks Volumes

Briefing MONTHLY #82 | March 2025

Sean Turnell on Surviving Myanmar’s Notorious Prisons and the Economic Future of the Civil War

Sean Turnell on Surviving Myanmar’s Notorious Prisons and the Economic Future of the Civil War

Myanmar/Burma 2025: Challenges and Opportunities

Briefing MONTHLY #81 | February 2025

Briefing MONTHLY #80 | January 2025

Winter Reading 2024

Talk at the Library: 'The War Had Been Going On in the Border Areas for Forever'

Talk at the Library: Myanmar's Borderworlds with India and China

Briefing MONTHLY #78 | November 2024