Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific
Author: Rodolfo C. Severino, ISEAS
Earlier this April, the leaders of the 10 ASEAN states came together in Phnom Penh for the first of two annual summits for 2012.
The ASEAN Charter, which entered into force in December 2008, calls for at least two meetings a year. Read more…
Author: Rodolfo C. Severino, ISEAS
For the second time in ASEAN’s history, Cambodia has taken over the chairmanship of this ten-nation association.
It first chaired ASEAN in 2002–03, when the country had been a member for only three years. Yet the world and the region have changed considerably in the last 10 years. Read more…
Author: Rodolfo C Severino, ISEAS
On 23 July, the ASEAN Regional Forum ministerial meeting will convene for the 18th time.
Like previous gatherings, the ARF foreign ministers (27 of them) will meet a few days after the annual ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. Read more…
Author: Rodolfo Severino, ISEAS
ASEAN just held its second summit meeting for the year, like the previous one in April, in Hanoi under Vietnam’s chairmanship. Two noteworthy developments marked this meeting. The first was the adoption of the Master Plan for ASEAN Connectivity, detailing measures for further integration in Southeast Asia. The other was the attendance for the first time of the United States and Russia at the East Asia Summit (EAS).
The annual EAS, convened under ASEAN auspices since 2005, is a significant regional consultative forum for discussion of leading political, security and economic issues of the Asia-Pacific region. Read more…