HOME Publication NIDS Joint Research Series NIDS Joint Research Series No.22 NIDS Joint Research Series No.22 Share NIDS ASEAN Workshop 2025“New Strategies in Southeast Asia?” National Institute for Defense Studies (2025) Full Version Cover Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Hedging as a Policy Without Pronouncement:A Tale of Three Defense White Papers Kuik Cheng-Chwee CHAPTER 2 Multilateralism’s Challenges and Opportunities in an Era of Diminished Hegemony:The United States and ASEAN in the Asia-Pacific Alice D. Ba CHAPTER 3 Negotiating Redlines: Indonesia’s Approach to Managing China’s Assertiveness in the South China Sea Emirza Adi Syailendra CHAPTER 4 Traversing Turbulent Waters: The Philippines’ Evolving Indo-Pacific Strategy Aries A. Arugay Contributors