Jayant Menon Quoted by SCMP: “Asean-GCC Economic Axis: the Global South’s Answer to US Volatility?”

Jayant Menon quoted by SCMP: “Asean-GCC economic axis: the Global South’s answer to US volatility?”

This article was published on 20 July 2025. Dr Jayant Menon is Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. To read the article, visit The post Jayant Menon quoted by SCMP: “Asean-GCC economic axis: the Global South’s answer to US volatility?” appeared first on ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Malaysia’s Push for the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit: Connecting Past and Present

The inaugural ASEAN-GCC-China Summit was held on 27 May 2025 in Kuala Lumpur. The Summit, one of the signature initiatives pushed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2025, marked the first step of the institutionalisation of the trilateral, cross-regional forum between the ten-member (soon to be eleven-member) ASEAN, the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Ara…