Southeast Asia Brief – Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com the Global Magazine of News and Ideas Wed, 13 May 2026 14:13:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-favicon-512_2017.png?w=32 Southeast Asia Brief – Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com 32 32 162972146 https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/static/images/logo_header.png Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com 134 109 The Fuel Crisis Is Testing ASEAN’s Limits https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/12/southeast-asia-fuel-crisis-asean-cebu-summit/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/12/southeast-asia-fuel-crisis-asean-cebu-summit/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:38 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1228961 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/12/southeast-asia-fuel-crisis-asean-cebu-summit/feed/ 0 1228961 ASEAN’s Angry Summit https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/06/asean-cebu-leaders-summit-philippines-fuel-crisis/ 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https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1212413 https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/18/thai-cambodia-peace-deal-truce-break/feed/ 0 1212413 Why Extreme Weather Hits Southeast Asia So Hard https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/extreme-weather-southeast-asia-typhoon-philippines/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/extreme-weather-southeast-asia-typhoon-philippines/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:30:05 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1211784 https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/10/extreme-weather-southeast-asia-typhoon-philippines/feed/ 0 1211784