Tag: ASEAN Community
Asean awaits – nervously – a new Myanmar
After a successful election early last month, which handed down a landslide victory to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy, there is a growing sense of anxiety within Asean about what kind of a new Myanmar is emerging.
Kavi Chongkittavorn
The Nation
Yangon December 14, 2015 1:00 am
After a...
The ASEAN Economic Community: The Force Awakens?
The agreement on the creation of an ASEAN Economic Community signed on November 22 in Kuala Lumpur by the leading nations of Southeast Asia finally entered into force with much fanfare on December 31, heralding the “awakening” of what could be defined as a new Asian power bloc.
The AEC...
Eight Predictions for Southeast Asia for 2016: Part 1
It’s that time again—time for resolutions that last a couple weeks into the new year and bold predictions that (surely) will turn out right this year. Right?
Some bold predictions for the year ahead
By Joshua Kurlantzick
January 09, 2016
It’s that time again—time for resolutions that last a couple weeks into the...
Eight Predictions for Southeast Asia for 2016: Part 2
It’s that time again—time for resolutions that last a couple weeks into the new year and bold predictions that (surely) will turn out right this year. Right?
What can we expect for the region in 2016?
By Joshua Kurlantzick
January 10, 2016
6. Of All Southeast Asia Issues, Only Myanmar and the TPP...
Laos Assures US It Will Help Counter Chinese Assertiveness
The prime minister of communist Laos assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday that his small nation will help counter China's assertiveness in the South China Sea.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJAN. 25, 2016, 4:00 A.M. E.S.T.
VIENTIANE, Laos — The prime minister of communist Laos assured U.S. Secretary of...
Can China champion accountable investments in ASEAN?
China has been included in the top 10 list of foreign investor in Indonesia since 2014. As in many other countries, China’s interest in Indonesia is in its energy and mining sectors; More than half of its total investment has been directed toward extractive industries.
Emanuel Bria and Poppy S....
Making the ASEAN Economic Community human rights-friendly
The ASEAN Economic Community should insert human rights rules into its implementation plan before integrating the vast Southeast Asian market.
Haris Azhar 28 January 2016
About the author
Haris Azhar is coordinator of KontraS, a national Indonesian rights group based in Jakarta
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) “Economic Community” just ran...
US-ASEAN Summit: Preparing for a New Normal
The element of signaling surrounding the first U.S.-ASEAN summit in Sunnylands, California was strong. The White House decision to host ASEAN leaders at the same venue where U.S. President Barack Obama previously received Chinese president Xi Jinping symbolized the increasingly pivotal role the U.S. was according ASEAN as an...
Norm or Necessity? The Non-Interference Principle in ASEAN
ASEAN's non-democratic members need the principle to give them confidence in their immunity to external intervention. Therefore, a logic of consequences best accounts for ASEAN's behavior regarding the non-interference principle.
By Tram-Anh Nguyen
Cornell International Affairs Review
2016, Vol. 9 No. 1 | pg. 2/2 | «
To understand why ASEAN insisted on...
UN warns of dark side of greater ASEAN integration
Increasing trade ties in Southeast Asia are a boon not only for business but also for crime, though local officials have not quite figured out how to control the latter.
Tan Hui Yee, The Straits Times/ANN, Bangkok | World | Fri, February 26 2016, 8:01 PM
Increasing trade ties in Southeast...
