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Richard McGregor

How Australia can avoid predictable ASEAN pitfalls

South-East Asia will happily talk to us about stability and trade, but ignore us if we are only interested in pushing values and rivalries.

Australia hosts a summit of South-East Asian nations in Melbourne next week, an event which promises to bring a rare touch of regional razzle-dazzle to our shores.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with 11 leaders – the 10 nations of ASEAN minus Myanmar, with cameos from Timor-Leste and New Zealand – reprises the first summit engineered by Malcolm Turnbull in 2016.

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Richard McGregor is a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney.

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