Trump 2.0 among Southeast Asia’s top preoccupations in 2025, survey finds

Southeast Asians expect more US engagement amid Trump’s tariff call: survey

Singapore, one of the US’ closest partners in the region, is the most worried about the impact of Trump’s second term, a new survey shows.

Trump 2.0 among Southeast Asia’s top preoccupations in 2025, survey finds

With President Donald Trump back in the White House, new US leadership shot up on the list of Southeast Asia’s geopolitical concerns in an annual survey by Singapore’s ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

April 4, 2025 Time magazine in the United States reported the news New Southeast Asia Survey Shows Greater Trust in the U.S. Than China This Year—but There’s a Catch citing the latest State of Southeast Asia Survey report by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, a research group in Singapore, released on April 3, 2025, on the views of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN) towards major powers. The report mentioned the results of the survey using a total samp…

Trump 2.0 and the Nation’s Federal Forestlands

Top Line: The excesses of the executive branch will need to be checked by the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and/or the people. Figure 1. The official 2025 portrait of Donald J. Trump, 47th president of the United States of America. Note the striking similarity to the official mugshot in Figure 6. Source: The White House (Wikipedia). […]

Singapore is Not Buying into Trump 2.0

While most of Southeast Asia appears to be warming to the return of Donald Trump to the White House, Singapore appears to be an outlier, according to the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s State of Southeast Asia 2025 Survey (SSEA 2025). One of the US’ closest partners in the region since the end of World War II, Singapore – as represented by the SSEA 2025’s respondents – exhibited a clear decline in their trust in and optimism toward Washington’s …

របាយការណ៍៖ សមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង Trump 2.0 និងបណ្ដាញឆបោកជាសកល គឺជាក្ដីកង្វល់ភូមិសាស្ត្រនយោបាយធំៗ នៅអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍

(សិង្ហបុរី)៖ ភាពតានតឹងនៅក្នុងតំបន់សមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង បណ្ដាញឆបោកជាសកល និងអាណត្តិទី២របស់ប្រធានាធិបតីអាមេរិក ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ (Trump 2.0) គឺជាក្ដីកង្វល់ភូមិសាស្ត្រនយោបាយ ធំៗបំផុតទាំង៣ របស់បណ្ដាមេដឹកនាំនៃប្រទេសក្នុងតំបន់អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០២៥នេះ។ នេះបើតាមរបាយការណ៍របស់វិទ្យាស្ថានស្រាវជា្រវមួយរបស់សិង្ហបុរី ដកស្រង់ចេញផ្សាយដោយសារព័ត៌មាន CNA។ នៅក្នុងរបាយការណ៍របស់ខ្លួនមានចំណងជើងថា «2025 edition of The State of Southeast Asia survey» ចេញផ្សាយនៅថ្ងៃព្រហស្បត…