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  1. And this has included engagement with Southeast Asia and ASEAN, which is central to the region's peace and prosperity." Established in 1967, ASEAN encompasses 10 countries: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. These countries have a total population of nearly 640 million people.

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  2. Sep 30, 2024 · The ASEAN’s various new leaders could also work together to create a borderless region, or at the very least to remove passport controls to facilitate ease of travel between member countries. This would help to move talent within the region, reducing inequality and providing greater access to opportunities for more people.

  3. Apr 23, 2024 · One of the most pressing foreign policy challenges that the ten countries of Southeast Asia (ASEAN -10) faces today and in the coming years is how to position themselves between the US and China as the geopolitical rivalry between the two superpowers intensifies. Most in Southeast Asia claim they would prefer not to have to choose between the ...

  4. ASEAN’s Impact. Since its inception in 1967, ASEAN has helped shape Southeast Asia. Economically, ASEAN has encouraged free trade and foreign investment in the region. The 1992 ASEAN Free Trade Area removed tariffs on nearly 8,000 items, increasing business access to neighboring markets and lowering prices of goods for consumers, while the ...

  5. Oct 5, 2023 · ASEANFocus invites experts to assess the changing political landscape and leadership transitions in Southeast Asia, and its implications for society and regional stability. Indonesia will be holding its presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2024. Identity politics, including the use of religious sentiments, have influenced the ...

  6. In his new book Does ASEAN Matter?, esteemed Indonesian diplomat Marty Natalegawa provides a view from within the corridors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. As Indonesia’s representative to ASEAN, and later his country’s Foreign Minister, from 2009-2014, Dr. Natalegawa was present for many of ASEAN’s best and worst moments ...

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  8. Sep 27, 2021 · The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) pursuit for a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) first began during the Cold War, at a time of intense superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia. ASEAN reaffirmed the importance of this principle in 2020, amid growing concerns of instability in the Asia-Pacific region as a result of ...

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