ASEAN-China relations
China pitches greater regional integration at the ASEAN summit at Kuala Lumpur
Timor-Leste became the 11th member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in its first expansion since 1999. The regional economic and trade grouping was first formed in 1967.
The politics of hedging and post-hedging in the Indo-Pacific
ASEAN countries are choosing their own path, which is not to choose sides between the US and China. Simply put, the Southeast Asian states want a stable geopolitical environment to focus on their economic development and do not want to be forced to “take sides” in any hegemonic rivalry
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