The ASEAN way and sustainable development

Are the values and processes, serving ASEAN since its creation, suitable for effectively negotiating present sustainability challenges?

When the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was created in 1967, it had half the number of member states that it does today, and its challenges were immediate, obvious, and shared. Dealing with the Vietnam War, the Cold War, Communism, the newly created state of Malaysia, the Indo-China refugee crisis, and Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia, among others, were early key priorities. The group agreed to principles and structures in both the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of what it wanted t...

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Authors: Merriden Varrall

Published Date: 29 July 2021