The State of Southeast Asia 2024 Survey Report was launched on Tuesday, 2 April 2024 morning.
This annual survey, conducted by the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, seeks to provide insights on the perceptions of Southeast Asians on regional affairs, ASEAN’s engagements with its Dialogue Partners, and ASEAN member states’ positions on regional political, economic, and social issues.
For the 6th edition of this annual survey, we covered pertinent questions on the Israel-Hamas conflict; the Russia-Ukraine War; Taiwan Strait tensions; the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA); strategic relevance of ASEAN’s dialogue partners; regional leadership, the US-China rivalry and its impact on Southeast Asia, levels of trust regarding the major powers; and soft power.
Link to:
State of Southeast Asia 2024 Report – Media Release
Welcome Remarks by Mr Choi Shing Kwok
State of Southeast Asia Reports
Media reports
- Geopolitical Monitor, 25 June 2024 – Lack of Leadership is Hindering the West in Asia
- RSIS, 25 June 2024 – IP24055 | Bracing for a Possible Trump 2.0: Implications for the Indo-Pacific
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, 24 June 2024 – Biden clings to Trump’s trade policy, preventing the US from overtaking China
- Nikkei Asia, 19 June 2024 – Malaysia asks China to support its bid to join BRICS
- DW, 14 June 2024 – Ukraine summit: Which Southeast Asian nations are going?
- SCMP, 12 June 2024 – Ukraine peace summit: Asean divided over attendance amid fears of ‘missing the boat’
- NZZ, 11 Jun2 2024 – Southeast Asia’s support for Israel is waning
- eNanyang, 9 June 2024 – 【灼见】知天命,知己,知彼/锺启章
- RSIS, 7 June 2024 – Shifting Regional Dynamics Urgently Require Better US Strategic Communications and Southeast Asia Policy Adaptation
- Goethe Universitat, 7 June 2024 – Increase in autocratic discourses and power in Asia and Latin America
- Global Times, 6 June 2024 – Other ASEAN members do not find the path undertaken by the Philippines appealing
- The Japan Times, 5 June 2024 – Great powers talk past each other in Singapore gathering
- Nikkei Asia, 5 June 2024 – Singapore summit highlights quasi-war atmosphere looming over Asia
- SINA, 4 June 2024 – “我们乘坐雅万高铁, 深刻理解了东南亚对中合作的痛处”
- The Straits Times, 3 June 2024 – US dumps the megaphone, China speaks to two audiences
- The Straits Times, 3 June 2024 – Podcast picks for May: Gen Zs and savings, US-China tensions and COE bidding woes
- SCMP, 1 June 2024 – Malaysia’s 50 years of China pragmatism hits a US rivalry roadblock
- The Diplomat, 31 May 2024 – Lessons From Lithuania: How ASEAN Can Manage Economic Risks With China
- Financial Times, 28 May 2024 – Philippines urges US and allies to boost inward investment to counter China
- RFA, 28 May 2024 – 抗衡中国：菲律宾促美国及盟国增加对菲投资
- The Straits Times, 24 May 2024 – Why war ‘by design’ over Taiwan is unlikely: Bilahari Kausikan
- SCMP, 24 May 2024 – Japan is selling patrol vessels to the Philippines. Is Tokyo confronting Beijing with more ‘aggressive diplomacy’?
- Nikkei Asia, 22 May 2024 – Vietnam rocked by political upheaval: 5 things to know
- RFA, 22 May 2024 – 评论 | 何清涟：东南亚未来的选边取决于美国政治
- Nation Thailand, 19 May 2024 – Thai and Lao people see China having greatest economic influence: survey
- CNA, 18 May 2024 – IN FOCUS: China is set to wield bigger ‘carrots and sticks’ over Taiwan. Here’s how it may impact ASEAN states
- Pac Forum, May 2024 – Small but Telling Shifts – Comparative Connections
- Visual Capitalist, 16 May 2024 – Countries With the Most Economic Influence in Southeast Asia
- CTV News, 14 May 2024 – Philippines news: Canada asked for help in China rivalry
- Nikkei Asia, 13 May 2024 – Asia-Pacific free trade pacts have been a big success for the U.S.
- Nikkei Asia, 12 May 2024 – China’s Confucius Institutes flourish in ASEAN after West’s freeze-out
- SCMP, 11 May 2024 – Aukus expansion: Japan, South Korea want in on Pillar 2 – but trust is still a sticking point
- Bloomberg, 10 May 2024 – China Criticizes US Campus Protests to Win the Global South
- The Japan Times, 10 May 2024 – Would Trump 2.0 rekindle the merits of volatility?
- Council on Foreign Relations, 10 May 2024 – What a Second Trump Term Could Mean for Southeast Asia
- War on the Rocks, 9 May 2024 – The East and South China Seas: One Sea, Near Seas, Whose Seas?
- The Japan Times, 8 May 2024 – What a second Trump term could mean for Southeast Asia
- The Straits Times, 8 May 2024 – Both the US and China have fallen short in their quest to win over SE Asia
- SCMP, 8 May 2024 – Opinion | Asean must calm South China Sea waters or risk ‘Asia’s Ukraine’
- Newsweek, 8 May 2024 – China Tops US in Popularity in Strategic Region
- Newsweek, 8 May 2024 – How American Views Are Shifting on China
- The China-Global South Project, 8 May 2024 – China-Laos Railway Brings Higher Mobility, Employment As Profit Concerns Linger
- RFI, 3 May 2024 – 学者：法国不可屈服于“第三条道路”的诱惑
- Visual Capitalist, 3 May 2024 – What Southeast Asia Thinks About American and Chinese Influence
- The Straits Times, 2 May 2024 – Nearly half of Americans say limiting China’s influence should be US’ top priority: Pew survey
- DW, 2 May 2024 – War in Gaza: Anti-West sentiment grows in Malaysia
- Pi Online, 2 May 2024 – Institutional investors drawn to Vietnam in hopes of upgrade to emerging markets
- Voronoi, 1 May 2024 – What Southeast Asians Think About Rising Chinese and U.S. Influence
- Finews, 29 April 2024 – Geopolitics is No Fun for Most of Asia
- Global Times, 29 April 2024 – It is the US that is splashing ‘boiling water’ at Asia-Pacific
- Newsweek, 29 April 2024 – Japan’s Leader Fumio Kishida on Countering Threat of China and North Korea
- The Interpreter, 29 April 2024 – Why India’s Global South ambitions must turn to Southeast Asia
- The Paper, 29 April 2024 – 数说世界丨东盟需要在对缅甸问题上作出什么努力？
- eNanyang, 25 April 2024 – 东南亚国家“靠边站”报告出炉 中国超越美成首选
- Global Times, 24 April 2024 – Southeast Asia has its own criteria facing major power competition
- CHINA US Focus, 23 April 2024 – Why Doesn’t Southeast Asia Choose the U.S.?
- NewsGram, 23 April 2024 – No, Southeast Asians do not now prefer China over the US
- CNA, 22 April 2024 – What’s behind ASEAN’s latest tilt towards China?
- SCMP, 22 April 2024 – With BrahMos missile delivery to Philippines, India sets out its arms stall for Southeast Asia
- BenarNews, 22 April 2024 – No, Southeast Asians do not now prefer China over the US
- Hindustan Times, 22 April 2024 – What latest Southeast Asia Survey tells us about the region
- Taipei Times, 22 April 2024 – More Southeast Asian ties not easy: report
- Nikkei Asia, 20 April 2024 – Taiwan’s Lai poised to build on Tsai’s Southeast Asia outreach
- RFA, 20 April 2024 – No, Southeast Asians do not now prefer China over the US
- Think China, 19 April 2024 – US’s ‘Typhon’ missile system deployed in the Philippines: A dangerous move?
- Lianhe Zaobao, 19 April 2024 – 韩咏红：美国“堤丰”中导系统部署菲律宾
- DW, 18 April 2024 – Is the EU’s image failing in Southeast Asia?
- The Strategist, 18 April 2024 – India wants strategic engagement with Southeast Asia—but how?
- The Diplomat, 17 April 2024 – Some Southeast Asians Are Turning Against America Over Gaza. It Likely Won’t Last
- Irrawaddy, 17 April 2024 – Bishop’s Opening for a New UN Approach to Myanmar?
- Jakarta Globe, 17 April 2024 – Middle East Conflict Top Geopolitical Concern in ASEAN Region: Report
- The Wire, 17 April 2024 – India, Globally: Rohingya Deportations, Clampdown on Opposition and More
- Bloomberg, 16 April 2024 – Singapore Is Facing a Dangerous World Without Lee
- VOA, 16 April 2024 – Under Biden, US reimagines Asian alliances as ‘lattice’ fence
- SCMP, 16 April 2024 – Opinion | In Cold War 2.0, the collective rise of middle powers could tip the balance
- Wilson Center, 16 April 2024 – Trade? What’s That?
- SCMP, 16 April 2024 – Indonesia-Israel relations: why normalising ties for an OECD seat would be ‘political suicide’ for Jakarta
- The Diplomat, 16 April 2024 – The Perception Game: How Are China and the US Viewed in Southeast Asia?
- Lianhe Zaobao, 16 April 2024 – 廖建裕：普拉博沃走访中日马三国的意义
- Lianhe Zaobao, 16 April 2024 – 杨建业：加沙悲剧正拖累美国
- The Straits Times, 15 April 2024 – Japan-US alliance upgrade: When a spoke becomes a hub
- Observer Research Foundation, 15 April 2024 – India’s East Asia outreach shows its centrality to regional stability
- Politik, 15 April 2024 – Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?
- The Straits Times, 14 April 2024 – What makes a South-east Asian?
- SCMP, 14 April 2024 – Opinion | To survive US-China rivalry, Asean must work to dial down tensions
- SCMP, 14 April 2024 – Opinion | For Southeast Asians, Israel-Gaza war is more worrying than even South China Sea row – as extremism fears grow
- The Straits Times, 12 April 2024 – Biden, Kishida and Marcos make common cause against China in first trilateral summit
- The Diplomat, 12 April 2024 – Indonesia’s Evolving Perception of China
- The Diplomat, 12 April 2024 – The Land-Locked Thinking of Laotians
- Wilson Center, 12 April 2024 – After the US-Japan Summit, Time to Expand Indo-Pacific Economic Networks
- Council on Foreign Relations, 12 April 2024 – The U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Was a Success, but Other Southeast Asian States Are Unlikely to Follow
- Telegraph India, 12 April 2024 – op-ed | Act East: Editorial on India being among partners of least strategic relevance for ASEAN
- Bloomberg, 11 April 2024 – To Counter China in South China Sea, US Ramps Up Ties With Japan, Philippines
- Financial Times, 11 April 2024 – Majority of south-east Asians favour China over US, survey finds
- KW Global Trade, 11 April 2024 – ASEAN Private Sector Business Sentiment Report on Choice of Strategic Economic Partners
- China Economic Review, 11 April 2024 – China preferred over US in southeast Asia, survey finds
- SCMP, 10 April 2024 – Southeast Asia still doesn’t ‘know India’, survey shows, as New Delhi urged to boost engagement with region
- Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, 10 April 2024 – Podcast: A View of the World, and Canada, from Southeast Asia
- Lianhe Zaobao, 9 April 2024 – 【视频】东南亚态势报告2024：五年来首超美国 更多受访者选边中国
- SCMP, 9 April 2024 – Opinion | What Asean really wants is to avoid a new cold war
- The Jakarta Post, 9 April 2024 – ASEAN tourists prefer Thailand over Indonesia: Study
- Bangkok Post, 9 April 2024 – Asean juggles triangular power game
- China Daily, 9 April 2024 – High-level visits to boost Sino-ASEAN cooperation
- Wall Street Journal, 8 April 2024 – Does Biden Take China’s Threat Seriously?
- Nikkei Asia, 8 April 2024 – Top Vietnamese lawmaker in China after president’s surprise ouster
- The Diplomat, 8 April 2024 – Southeast Asians Don’t Really Care About the Myanmar Crisis
- Borneo Bulletin Online, 8 April 2024 – Unemployment, recession top Bruneian worries: Report
- Asia News Network, 8 April 2024 – Southeast Asia’s turn towards China may not last, say US analysts
- The Geopolitics, 8 April 2024 – US-China Rivalry and ASEAN’s Fine Balancing Act
- The Straits Times, 7 April 2024 – South-east Asia’s turn towards China may not last, say US analysts
- Nikkei Asia, 7 April 2024 – Japan ‘most trusted’ by ASEAN despite low influence, study shows
- Ticker News, 7 April 2024 – Would southeast Asian nations choose the U.S. over China?
- Lianhe Zaobao Facebook, 5 April 2024 – 《东南亚态势报告：2024》4月2日发布，若被迫选边，中美之间如何选？哪些地缘政治课题最影响…
- Think China, 5 April 2024 – Navigating China’s influence: Insights from the State of Southeast Asia 2024 Survey
- CNA, 5 April 2024 – Commentary: Navigating China’s influence and expanding role in Southeast Asia
- SCMP, 5 April 2024 – Opinion | Southeast Asians are warming to the Quad – but they need to see more tangible benefits
- Thailand Business News, 5 April 2024 – China overtakes the U.S. as the most favored ally in Southeast Asia – Thailand Business News
- The Economist, 4 April 2024 – China’s tin-eared approach to the world
- Lowy Institute, 4 April 2024 – Economic diplomacy: Hanging on in ASEAN
- Nikkei Asia, 4 April 2024 – Japan, U.S., Philippines to cooperate in clean energy, chips: Kishida
- SCMP, 4 April 2024 – Opinion | Killing of aid workers a cry to stop Gaza war
- Atlas News, 4 April 2024 – Survey Reveals Southeast Asia’s Views on Taiwan Conflict and China/U.S. Popularity
- Al Jazeera, 4 April 2024 – Majority in Southeast Asia would choose China over US, survey suggests
- Al Mayadeen English, 4 April 2024 – Survey shows majority of Southeast Asians prefer China over US
- The Wire, 4 April 2024 – India Among ‘Partners of Least Strategic Relevance’ for ASEAN: State of SE Asia Survey 2024
- MSN, 4 April 2024 – Survey Shows China Overtaking U.S. as Southeast Asia’s Premier Ally
- China Global South, 4 April 2024 – Survey: China Passes the U.S. for the First Time as the Preferred Partner of Choice in Southeast Asia
- Think China, 3 April 2024 – State of Southeast Asia Survey 2024: Choosing China over the US is neither a tidal shift nor a sea change
- The Diplomat, 3 April 2024 – Is Southeast Asia Really Turning Toward China?
- Breaking Latest News, 3 April 2024 – Changing Alliances in Southeast Asia: China Surpasses the United States as Top Choice
- Stars and Stripes, 3 April 2024 – Army’s top Pacific leader counters ASEAN poll showing popular support for China
- RFA, 3 April 2024 – ASEAN is now more pro-China than US: survey
- CGTN, 3 April 2024 – Survey shows Southeast Asians favor China over U.S.
- CNBC, 3 April 2024 – U.S. loses its spot to China as Southeast Asia’s most favored ally, survey shows (cnbc.com)
- The Print, 3 April 2024 – India ranks low in strategic relevance in Southeast Asia, China edges out US, finds Singapore institute
- VOA, 3 April 2024 – 东南亚变得偏好中国？最新民调答案并非泾渭分明
- Taipei Times, 3 April 2024 – China topples US as SE Asia’s favored partner: poll
- The Cradle, 3 April 2024 – China sees big gains in Southeast Asia as ASEAN loses faith in Washington
- See Hua, 3 April 2024 – 【研究调查】东南亚民众最关心经济议题 其次是地缘政治
- Asia News Network, 3 April 2024 – Israel-Hamas conflict top geopolitical concern in South-east Asia: ISEAS survey
- The Straits Times, 2 April 2024 – When push comes to shove, China edges out US as S-E Asia’s preferred superpower: ISEAS survey
- The Straits Times, 2 April 2024 – Israel-Hamas conflict top geopolitical concern in S-E Asia: ISEAS survey
- Lianhe Zaobao, 2 April 2024 – 东南亚态势报告2024：五年来首超美国 更多受访者选边中国
- Lianhe Zaobao, 2 April 2024 – 东南亚年度调查结果出炉 受访者选中国比率首次超越美国
- Lianhe Zaobao, 2 April 2024 – 以哈冲突最受关注 逾四成受访者认为以色列行动过激
- Lianhe Zaobao, 2 April 2024 – 东南亚对中国影响力上升担忧加剧
- Today, 2 April 2024 – 5 takeaways from survey of Southeast Asians, including Singapore being top choice of regional country for relocation
- South China Morning Post, 2 April 2024 – Southeast Asians swing towards China alignment as pro-Israel bias hurts US, new survey shows
- The Star, 2 April 2024 – When push comes to shove, China edges out US as S-E Asia’s preferred superpower: ISEAS survey
- Bloomberg, 2 April 2024 – China Topples US as SE Asia’s Favored Partner, Survey Shows
- The Business Times, 2 April 2024 – China topples US as South-east Asia’s favoured partner, survey shows
- The Business Times, 2 April 2024 – Southeast Asia’s Shifting Allegiances: China Overtakes U.S. as Preferred Partner, Survey Reveals (btimesonline.com)
- The Edge, 2 April 2024 – China topples US as SE Asia’s favoured partner, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak survey shows
- Nikkei Asia, 2 April 2024 – Majority of ASEAN people favor China over U.S., survey finds
- Sina, 2 April 2024 – 欢迎程度超50% 最新调查：中国已成为东南亚民众心中最佳盟友
- Guan Cha, 2 April 2024 – 新加坡智库报告：若东南亚被迫在中美间选边站，选中国的人数首次超过了选美国的
- Huan Qiu, 2 April 2024 – 社评：东盟国家政要密集访华，凸显地区稳定底色
- Yahoo News, 2 April 2024 – Is Southeast Asia Leaning More Toward China? New Survey Shows Mixed Results
- Strat For, 2 April 2024 – ASEAN: Annual Survey Shows Turn in Favor of China
- CNA, 2 April 2024 – ISEAS senior fellow Sharon Seah on Southeast Asian perceptions on the US, China
- CNA, 2 April 2024 – If forced to choose sides, China edges out US as Southeast Asia’s preferred superpower: ISEAS poll
- 8 World, 2 April 2024 – 调查：东南亚民众最关注经济及地缘政治课题
- Time, 2 April 2024 – Is Southeast Asia Leaning More Toward China?
- ANN, 2 April 2024 – China edges out US as SE Asia’s preferred superpower: ISEAS survey
- CNA, 2 April 2024 – If forced to choose sides, China edges out US as Southeast Asia’s preferred superpower: ISEAS poll
- CNA, 2 April 2024 – ISEAS senior fellow Sharon Seah on Southeast Asian perceptions on the US, China
- STNN, 2 April 2024 – 新加坡智库报告：更多东南亚国家在中美之间选择中国
- Nanyang, 2 April 2024 – 东南亚态势报告2024 选中国受访者首超美国
- VOA, 2 April 2024 – China launches Southeast Asia outreach amid tensions with Philippines