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Why ASEAN Must Urgently Change And Reform

The 46th ASEAN Summit remains the apt platform to break old grounds and to chart a new future for ASEAN to prevent it from falling down further into the abyss of irrelevance
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Moscow's New Arctic And Indo-Pacific Push

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Malaysia on 27 July marks an extension of the larger objective and plans for the region for Moscow.
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Are China’s South China Sea Assurances Worth Anything?


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The latest edition of the China Standard Map – which reiterates China’s claims to almost all of the South China Sea including parts of Malaysia – has rightly increased concerns across the region.

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ASEAN’S China Dilemma

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Jakarta are again a manifestation of distinct power plays, denting any aspired efficacy of the scramble to elevate conflict prevention mechanisms.

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ASEAN Must Change Or Face Irrelevance

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia:The 42nd ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Indonesia earlier this month (May 10-11) took place at the most critical crossroads for the immediate and long-term relevance of ASEAN and its role in the region and beyond.

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ASEAN Must Change Or Face Irrelevance

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia:The 42nd ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Indonesia earlier this month (May 10-11) took place at the most critical crossroads...

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RCEP: Boon Or Bane For Marcos’s Government?


SACRAMENTO, U.S.-After almost two years of shilly shallying, the Philippines is joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as the last of the present 14-member Asia-Pacific free trade grouping. The others are Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Biden Expands US-ASEAN ‘Strategic Partnership’

WASHINGTON, U.S.--U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday rebooted his country’s lapsed relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by attending the annual meeting of the 10-member bloc virtually and announcing plans to provide up to $102 million to expand the U.S. strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Premier Li calls for closer cooperation on SCS, economy with ASEAN

BEIJING, China--Cooperation with China has become indispensable for ASEAN as the bloc is facing new challenges of saving their economies that have been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, its stability and security challenged by a turbulent Myanmar and by the US, which is pressuring countries within the bloc to take sides, said experts on Tuesday as ASEAN convened a series of summits aimed at economic recovery.
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