https://www.scmp.com/rss/516664/feed Tengku Zafrul Aziz is Malaysia’s Minister for Investment, Trade and Industry. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2025, Malaysia will again assume the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, population 676 million. While our region and the world have changed so much since Asean’s founding via the Bangkok Declaration of 1967, I would argue that Asean is more relevant than ever before. As we approach six decades of existence, Asean has every reason to take pride in how far it has come, where it is now and where it is headed. Together, its member states form the world’s fifth-largest... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3290622/why-aseans-neutrality-our-greatest-asset-divided-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3290622/why-aseans-neutrality-our-greatest-asset-divided-world?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:45:49 +0000 Despite an increasingly fragmented global scenario, the recently concluded Asean summit in Indonesia offers a much-needed dose of optimism. Having spent a week in Jakarta for the Asean summit and related meetings, as well as a host of other business and investments-focused gatherings in early September, I am confident that stronger cooperation among our geographically linked economies is the way forward in hedging against heightened geopolitical, climate change and future pandemic risks. I have... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3234718/closer-intra-asean-ties-are-vital-realise-regions-growth-potential-hedge-against-external-risks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3234718/closer-intra-asean-ties-are-vital-realise-regions-growth-potential-hedge-against-external-risks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Sep 2023 02:30:18 +0000