November 19, 2024 — Amid mounting clashes in the South China Sea, broadening conflict in the Middle East, and a U.S. election outcome that is likely to bring intensified great power competition to Southeast Asia, three experts from the region discuss how Southeast Asian countries can manage these crises and what they mean for ASEAN unity and centrality. Speakers include Pongphisoot (Paul) Busbarat, assistant dean and assistant professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University; Julia Lau, senior fellow and co-coordinator of the Indonesia Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore; and Anna Patricia Saberon, lecturer in Philippine Foreign Relations, International Relations, and Philosophy at the Ateneo de Naga University in Naga City, Philippines. Dominique Fraser, research and program officer at the Asia Society Policy Institute in Australia, moderates the conversation. (53 min., 1 sec.)