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Reflecting on ASEAN’s Contributions to the Region and the World
Louie Dane C. Merced
Foreign Service Institute
Outline
• Partnering for Change• Attaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia
• Facilitating national and regional economic development
• Improving the lives of the peoples in the region
• Engaging the World• Facilitating regional dialogue and cooperation
• Conclusion
The story of ASEAN is captured by the 2017 theme “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World”. For the past 50 years, ASEAN has brought positive changes to
the peoples of Southeast Asia and has actively contributed to regional and global peace and stability.
BANGKOK DECLARATION
1ST ASEAN
SUMMIT
LAOS
MYANMAR
TREATY OF AMITYAND COOPERATION
(TAC)
ASEAN FTA (AFTA)
ARF
VIETNAM
BRUNEI
Cebu Declaration
HUA HINDECLARATION
CAMBODIA
DOC
BALICONCORD II
MASTER PLAN OF ASEAN CONNECTIVITY (MPAC)
BALI CONCORD III
ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015
ONE VISION, ONE IDENTITY, ONE COMMUNITY
•Attaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia
• General absence of an armed conflict in Southeast Asia as ASEAN’s most important contribution
• Role of ASEAN principles and the ASEAN Way
• ASEAN Member States’ history of resolving disputes peacefully and with respect for the rule of law
• Facilitating national and regional economic development
• The absence of armed conflict has provided an environment conducive to economic growth and development
• ASEAN economic integration has opened opportunities and has also allowed other members to catch up and become connected to the regional and global economy.
• Improving the lives of the peoples of the region
• ASEAN as a people-oriented and people-centered region that puts the lives and welfare of the peoples as a priority.
• The ASEAN Community Vision and Blueprints encourage Member States to adopt national policies and programs toward the attainment of regional objectives and commitments
• ASEAN facilitates capacity building and technical assistance for Member States
•Facilitator of regional dialogue and cooperation
• ASEAN has managed to engage all regional players through a web of bilateral and multilateral mechanisms
• ASEAN as a ‘driving force’ of regionalism by encouraging external powers to subscribe to the same ASEAN norms and principles
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
1. Australia
2. China
3. India
4. Japan
5. New Zealand
6. ROK
7. Russia
8. USA
East Asia Summit (10+ 8)
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. China
4. EU
5. India
6. Japan
7. New
Zealand
8. ROK
9. Russia
10. USA
ASEAN Plus One
(10 Dialogue Partners)
1. China
2. Japan
3. ROK
ASEAN
ASEAN + 3
ASEAN Regional ForumASEAN Regional ForumASEAN Regional ForumASEAN Regional Forum
(27 Member (27 Member (27 Member (27 Member States)States)States)States)
1. Brunei
2. Cambodia
3. Indonesia
4. Lao PDR
5. Malaysia
6. Myanmar
7. Philippines
8. Singapore
9. Thailand
10. Viet Nam
11. Australia
12. Bangladesh
13. Canada
14. China
15. DPRK
16. EU
17. India
18. Japan
19. Mongolia
20. New Zealand
21. Pakistan
22. Papua New Guinea
23. ROK
24. Russia
25. Sri Lanka
26 Timor-Leste
27. USA
• Coping with the evolving regional security architecture
• Responding to non-traditional security concerns vis-à-vis ASEAN Way
• Institutionalization: form over substance?
• Addressing bilateral tensions
• Building national resilience and addressing development gaps
• Building an ASEAN identity: less top-down approach
Challenges
A retrospect of ASEAN’s journey in the past five decades reflects its positive contributions to the region and to its people. However, the next phase
of ASEAN’s narrative is about building on the successes, addressing and learning from
shortcomings, and becoming even more proactive and united in the face of new regional and global
developments.
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