On December 31, 2015, ASEAN launched its long-anticipated Community with relatively little fanfare. This low-profile attitude surprised many observers: announced as a milestone and the signal of the ...

ASEAN’s leadership has now been passed onto the Philippines during a time when traditional world powers like the U.S. and ...

Launched as a political bloc and security pact in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, ASEAN has evolved to embrace an ambitious economic agenda. Its latest project is to establish the ASEAN Economic ...

This year, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has launched the bloc's new goal -- New Asean 2045: Our Shared Future and its Strategic Plans. Under this, it is worth reflecting on the ...

ASEAN conflict and cohesion, the geoeconomic squeeze, and climate resilience. Can the bloc survive the increased pressure?

In October 2003, member states endorsed the ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II), which established a vision for economic integration through the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). At the 2007 ASEAN Summit ...

This year will be eventful for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). In addition to the Myanmar issue and intensifying geopolitics, the Asean Community Vision 2045 will be ready in May ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. At an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit last week, Southeast ...

Ambassador Hae Moon Chung, former Secretary-General of ASEAN-Korea Centre and close supporter of the Asia Society Korea Center, was kind enough to write a detailed article outlining the future of ...

The challenges Malaysia faces as the current Asean chair have been unrelenting. Global tension over new tariffs, renewed US-China rivalry, and the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, have left Asean in a ...

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