https://www.scmp.com/rss/505522/feed Glenn Ong is a research officer at the Asean Studies Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Covid-19 has shown that the aspiration by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to foster a regional community cannot merely be a lofty vision – it is a necessity by virtue of its interconnectedness. However, regional integration and community-building projects have come with unrealistic expectations of Asean during the best of times, and certainly so during this difficult period. Observations that the bloc should have anticipated and prepared for a regional pandemic might be... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3079288/covid-19-pandemic-call-arms-asean-do-more-not-death-knell?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3079288/covid-19-pandemic-call-arms-asean-do-more-not-death-knell?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:00:20 +0000