Region: Southeast Asia

Jakarta is pursuing an intensive, simultaneous effort to consolidate strategic partnerships across all areas

Locking the Market Before It Opens: The U.S. Strategy to Strand the Global South

This time, the stakes could not be higher: Vietnam’s energy security, a reset in the strategic partnership with Moscow and Russia’s prospects to cement its presence in Southeast Asia

Report No. 108 / 2026

On Vietnam’s “bamboo” diplomacy and opportunities for Russia in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ultimately, the future of the Eurasian project in Southeast Asia will be defined by the quality of Russia’s engagement with the World Majority

On December 22, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a roundtable discussion, “Russia–Southeast Asia Partnership in a New Era.”

Valdai Discussion Club Report

Indonesia’s interest in the Arctic is unequivocally non-territorial, instead driven by existential vulnerability stemming from climate change and geo-economic necessity stemming from geopolitical shifts

Substantively, the notion of a “global majority” could be reinterpreted through the lens of a “partnership of sustainable diversity”—an idea that underscores not numerical predominance, but the intrinsic value of diversity and equal mutual interaction

On September 29, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a round table entitled "Russia and Vietnam in the face of growing competition in the Asia-Pacific region and Eurasia: Points of Convergence."

Interview with the Project Director at Rosatom Energy Projects JSC