Australia this week hosts a special ASEAN leaders’ summit in Melbourne at a time when, more than ever, the government needs ASEAN to be an effective anchor for security in Asia.
Yet ASEAN is still trying to resolve its internal divisions and leadership deficit to strengthen its leverage in regional and global affairs.
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Peter Drysdale is emeritus professor of economics and head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and East Asia Forum at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.
