... 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....
....org/visitors
Ekaterina Koldunova:
Asian Multilateralism: A Test of Strength
The pandemic has severely damaged the tourism industry around the world, and countries of Southeast Asia (SEA) are no exception. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was actively developing tourism as one of the drivers of regional economic growth. Since 1992, ASEAN has taken deliberate steps to promote the region as a single tourism destination. As of 2019, the tourism sector
contributed
about 11.7% of region-wide ...
... global dialogue structures. For the first time in the history, G20 was chaired by Indonesia, while the APEC chairmanship was taken on by Thailand, and ASEAN’s chairmanship went to Cambodia. The year 2022 was expected to pass under the sign of the ASEAN leadership, with paths to an effective post-COVID recovery identified, especially since the positive economic dynamics of Southeast Asian nations provided grounds for cautious optimism.
Gleb Toropchin:
Taking (Another) Turn to the East: Making Sense of Russia’s Stance in the Asia-Pacific
These considerations guided Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia in setting their chairmanship ...
... Federation Vladimir Putin made a state visit to Singapore and attended the
13th East Asia Summit (EAS)
, which was the first visit since Russia became a member to the summit in 2010. At the same time, President Putin took a part in the
3rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Russian Federation Summit on Strategic Partnership
.
Southeast Asian states show interest in joining the Greater Eurasian Partnership which promotes
growing economic connectedness
in the Eurasian continent. The Greater Eurasian Partnership ...
... institution-building from other regions of the world.
First published in Russian on the site of
The Carnegie Moscow Center
Notes
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ASEAN.org. – 2015. – December 21 //
http://www.asean.org/storage/2016/01/statistic/table19_asof21Dec15.pdf
; Russia – ASEAN: Southeast Asia Needs to get to Know Business Russia. –
Torgovo-promyshlenniye vedomosti
. – 2015. – September 18 //
http://www.tpp-inform.ru/analytic_journal/6157.html
.
2
Flows of Inward Direct Investment to ASEAN Member States by ...
... Asia will encourage the rationalism dynamics in the entire East Asian region, including in the northeast. On the other hand, it was mentioned in the report that Japan is no longer the only major nation in Northeast Asia that has active operations in Southeast Asia, and its relationships with China and South Korea produce a direct impact on ASEAN. Therefore, the prospect of the possible “reconstruction” of the Asian subregions in the foreign policy agenda and related discourse appears to be associated with the balance of forces in Asia.
From constructivism to neorealism
REUTERS/Jonathan ...
... about increasing political and military tensions in the Middle East, but also, and primarily, because the terrorist organization poses a very real threat to the national security of countries all over the world. It is these considerations that prompted Southeast Asian countries to hold a special ministerial
meeting
under the aegis of the ASEAN on the growth of radicalism and violent extremism.
While this is not a new problem for the region (religious confrontations between Muslims and Christians, and between Buddhists and Muslims, flare up from time to time in various Southeast Asian ...
..., Beijing, or Delhi.
It is also worth noting that intensified Sino-Japanese rivalry has an impact on the processes within ASEAN. Beijing and Tokyo are striving to identify new partners and to consolidate their positions. Japan is inclined to support Southeast Asian countries in territorial disputes in the South China Sea. However, ASEAN countries are not ready to get involved in a confrontation, let alone to go against their specific economic interests
[20]
.
In terms of the technical aspects of the issue, ASEAN countries have no warships able to counter the strength of China’s ...
... Emigrants
]. Bejing.: Shijie zjhishi chubanshe. 2007
6
. This version of periodization is not the only one and has been suggested by: Zhuang Guotu, Wang Wangbo.
Migration and Trade: The Role of Overseas Chinese in Economic Relations between China and Southeast Asia / International Journal of China Studies.
V. 1, # 1, January 2010, P. 175–176
7
. ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment Statistics
www.asean.org/news/item/foreign-direct-investment-statisticss
8
. OECD data for key basic countries:
www.oecd.org/dev/aseancountriesreturningtopre-crisisgrowth.htm
9
.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/23/c_132566755....
