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![An officer arranges the Chinese flag during the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 27, 2025.]()
![<p>People queue to buy petrol at a petrol station after Vietnam’s trade ministry called on local businesses to encourage their employees to work from home to save fuel amid disruptions in supply and price surges triggered by the U.S.-Israeli conflict with<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Iran</span>, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 10, 2026.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![Police detain a supporter India’s main opposition Congress party on March 13, 2026, during a protest in New Delhi against price hikes and supply disruptions of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders following the U.S.-Israeli conflict.]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman gestures to crowd during an election campaign rally.]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate, gestures following a press conference at the party headquarters on the day of the general election in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 8, 2026.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![U.S. President Donald Trump stands between two aides in front of projected signage reading "12th East Asian Summit"]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>People queue to cast their votes at a polling station during Myanmar’s general election in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on December 28, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>Activists hold up pictures of abducted Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit and flash a three fingers salute as people gather in support of him during a protest calling for an investigation, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 12, 2020</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hold up trade deal documents during a bilateral meeting at the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 26, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks on as he announces the dissolution of parliament at the Government House, in Bangkok, December 12, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing attends a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 25, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Village security volunteers patrol a village amid deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Buriram province, Thailand, on December 9, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>A monk stands near a damaged dorm at Thai Niyom temple, which was hit by Cambodian artillery during the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict in Surin Province, Thailand on November 3.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>The former office of the America ChangLe Association, described by United States authorities as a Chinese ‘secret police station’ masquerading as a community gathering place for residents from China’s Fujian province, in New York City on April 17, 2023.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>A demonstrator writes on the parliament building during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>Workers walk past an electronic an ASEAN banner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar’s military junta, attends a press conference following talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia on March 4, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Surachai Danwattananusorn, a critic of the Thai monarchy, gestures during an interview in Bangkok on August 25, 2010. Shortly after two of his aides were found dead in the Mekong River, Surachai disappeared in 2019.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul gestures as he attends a press conference at the Bhumjaithai party headquarters after a royal endorsement ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on September 7, 2025.</p>]()
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![<p>Activists shout slogans during a protest against lawmakers’ perks and police brutality outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference following her removal by the Constitutional Court. </p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao delivers remarks during the 25th Anniversary of the country’s referendum and independence celebrations in Dili, East Timor, on August 30, 2024.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah salutes during 34th National Day celebrations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on February 24, 2018</p>]()
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