Posts with tag: ASEAN Summit

Indonesian leadership in ASEAN: running out of steam or taking a breather?

President Joko Widodo's apparent lack of interest in ASEAN is a result of his short-term and pragmatic approach to policy making, writes Randy Nandyatama. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have an important role to play in explaining ASEAN's relevance and its connection to his political agenda.

Jokowi calls for regional unity, but ASEAN Summit won’t deliver

Analysis, Foreign Policy

President Joko Widodo made an appeal to Southeast Asian unity in the face of regional instability as the ASEAN Summit kicked off in Laos this week. Dr Avery Poole writes that this may bode well for Indonesia’s traditional leadership role in ASEAN but we are unlikely to see significant progress on key regional governance challenges.

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