#Trump presidency a key concern for Southeast #Asia, survey shows
"Trump took 3rd place at 46.9% in top concerns for #SEAsians, according to a #ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute #survey.. Hostilities in #SouthChinaSea was 1st w 51.6% of 2,023 people surveyed.. #Japan remained e "most #trusted major power” among 66.8% of SE #Asians surveyed, rising fr abt 59% last yr. #US fell to 3rd spot behind the #EU, while some 41% of the respondents expressed #distrust toward #China" #ASEAN
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/trump-presidency-southeast-asia-survey/

Ms #JuliaLau, senior fellow at the #ISEAS – #YusofIshakInstitute in #Singapore and co-coordinator of its #Indonesia Studies Programme, said Mr #Prabowo’s presidency will see him playing a more direct role in foreign policy compared with his predecessor, Mr #JokoWidodo. Each president’s term is five years.

Prabowo has big plans
for Indonesia on the world stage
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2024/09/indonesia-presidential-handover-prabowo/index.html?shell

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The State of #SoutheastAsia: 2024 Survey Report
"conducted by e #ASEAN Studies Centre at #ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute reveals tt Southeast Asia’s top preoccupations are w unemployment, climate change, & intensifying economic tensions btw major powers. The Israel-Hamas conflict is e region’s top #geopolitical concern, while China has edged past the US to become e prevailing choice if e region were forced to align itself in e ongoing US-China rivalry"
https://www.iseas.edu.sg/centres/asean-studies-centre/state-of-southeast-asia-survey/the-state-of-southeast-asia-2024-survey-report/