Indonesia must leverage Australia’s ongoing interest in Southeast Asia to shape a practical agenda for security and economic collaboration while clarifying its own strategic priorities, ensuring that the partnership is driven by shared regional goals rather than short-term domestic concerns.

Indonesia is increasingly utilizing local content requirements (LCRs) across key sectors to support domestic industries and value addition, but these measures may breach its international trade and investment obligations under WTO and bilateral agreements.

The study also highlights that traditional trade-weighted indices understate these valuation effects and that financial hedging provides only partial mitigation.

Deloitte’s Thailand Economic Outlook: 1Q2025 paints a vivid picture of a nation striving to regain its momentum amid global uncertainties. The report reveals that while Thailand’s GDP growth lags behind regional peers, glimmers of hope emerge from a rebound in domestic consumption and a resilient tourism sector.

A study by the World Bank and the Bank of Thailand, using climate and bank-level data, found that a severe flood scenario could reduce output by up to 10 percent, raising nonperforming loans and financial stress, especially in high-risk areas along the Chao Phraya River.

This transformation is marked by a deepening of ties with China, including unprecedented cooperation in the contested South China Sea, and a strategic pivot towards regional partnerships within ASEAN and BRICS.

The research paper "Search Frictions in Goods Markets and CPI Inflation" by Masashige Hamano, Philip Schnattinger, and Kongphop Wongkaew develops a New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model to analyze how shifts in consumer preferences toward online retailers affect pricing dynamics and inflation.

Indonesia is projected to maintain robust economic growth in 2025, driven by resilient domestic demand and strong government support for infrastructure and industrial downstreaming.

Thailand's AI readiness is progressing but remains uneven across key pillars. While a majority of Thai businesses have defined AI strategies and show high deployment in IT infrastructure, critical challenges persist in areas like data management, governance, talent, and organizational culture.