https://www.scmp.com/rss/325800/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Asean has finally found its voice after many years of silence, issuing its own vision for the Indo-Pacific region. On Sunday, at the close of the 34th Asean Summit in Bangkok, leaders from the bloc’s member countries issued the “Asean Outlook for the Indo-Pacific” document. But neither supporters nor detractors of Asean were particularly pleased with the concept. Australia, India, Japan and the United States have in recent years issued their own proposals for the Indo-Pacific, and Asean was... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3015809/asean-found-its-voice-indo-pacific-concept-now-it-has-use-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3015809/asean-found-its-voice-indo-pacific-concept-now-it-has-use-it?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jun 2019 06:33:14 +0000 Asian seas are far from tranquil as Beijing asserts control and builds its military presence in the South China Sea. The strategic waterway is now one of the world’s most volatile geopolitical fault lines, and smaller countries in the region are faced with the thorny problem of how to respond. For the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), its management of the issue will test whether the group believes in “Asian values” and cultural exceptionalism or places greater emphasis on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3011747/south-china-sea-asean-has-choice-asian-values-or-rule-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3011747/south-china-sea-asean-has-choice-asian-values-or-rule-law?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 May 2019 02:45:13 +0000 For the past two weeks, a handful of Asia-Pacific countries have rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump, who completed his first visit to Southeast Asia as the US president while also chalking up a few other “firsts”. Trump attended his first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, before heading to Manila for a summit marking 40 years of relations between the US and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – his first meeting with Asean leaders. He was also expected... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2120226/trumps-vanishing-act-metaphor-us-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2120226/trumps-vanishing-act-metaphor-us-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Nov 2017 02:01:03 +0000