ASEAN’s operation offers a guide to Pacific nations
The Pacific can learn from the challenges ASEAN faces as it feels the heat from increasing competition between China and the United States in the region.
Name the region: a group of diverse states, lying across strategically significant maritime passages. Their cultures and political systems have been profoundly shaped by colonialism and conflict, and they now seek to overcome chronic development challenges by partnering with major economic powers, while avoiding becoming pawns in their geopolitical competition.
If you guessed either the Pacific or South-East Asia, you’d be right.
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