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Can Southeast Asia Avoid Hierarchy?

... authoritarian ones—ultimately restricting freedoms for many nations and hurting prosperity and security. At the same time, U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise duties and tariffs on various groups of countries, including friendly ones, has put ASEAN in an extremely difficult position. Southeast Asia is about to be hit by a “tsunami of imports” from China, as bilateral trade is already approaching the trillion-dollar mark, while the region is unlikely to be able to tap into the U.S. domestic market to make up for the imbalance. As a ...

10.03.2025

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BRICS reaching out to PEAKS: the next wave of expansion

... that representative countries will be selected from each of the main regions of the Global South. These criteria potentially can narrow down the circle of countries that may be viewed as the second wave of BRICS to the following emerging economies: East Asia: Indonesia as a G20 member and the largest economy in ASEAN South Asia: Pakistan as the second most significant economic power in South Asia after India Africa: Egypt as one of the leading economic powers in Africa Latin America: Argentina as one of the heavyweights in Latin America Eurasia: Kazakhstan ...

13.02.2023

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