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Mainstreaming BIMP-EAGA among LGUs: a problem waiting to be addressed
Increasing local government engagement is one of the goals of the ASEAN integration, specifically in the BIMP-EAGA. But local governments outside of the key areas are not directly engaged.
FVR says ASEAN veering towards majority rule to replace consensus in decision-making
“There are now very strong moves for members of ASEAN to get out of so called ASEAN way" - FVR
When young people take over ASEAN
The meeting is a simulation. Yet, it has already taught the participants one important lesson: the idea of consensus, and how difficult it can be to reach, in the trademark decision-making process of ASEAN.
PODCAST: 50 years of ASEAN: Still waiting for social and ecological justice
Within 50 years of existence, ASEAN has made progress on environmental policies – at least on paper.
A COC that would legitimize China’s artificial islands in the Spratlys
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday that he and the 10 foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have approved the framework for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.
China, PH urged to ‘abide’ by Arbitral Tribunal decision
What the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers dared not mention, their three dialogue partners did.
VIDEO: What is ASEAN?
Ask average Filipinos what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is, and most would give answers that vary from vague to downright wrong.
Veteran diplomat tells Duterte to stop joking about Mongolia and Turkey joining Asean
On the sidelines of the first One Belt, One Road summit in Beijing last week, President Duterte met with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, prime minister of Mongolia.
Q & A: ASEAN a toothless tiger
In this Q & A, with Reporting ASEAN founder/editor Johanna Son, Malaysia’s MP Charles Santiago, head of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), argues that ASEAN’s record on pushing human rights has lagged way beyond the attention it gives to economic and business interests. ASEAN needs to adapt to the times – and outgrow habits that in the long run, threaten the contributions it has made the regional stability thus far, he says
