Manufacturing Identity: Is ASEAN a Community Yet?

January 20, 2017
15:15–16:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

ASEAN as an idea didn't evolve naturally over many centuries but, instead, began life as a man-made concept forged in the power vacuum of retreating colonial powers and cold-war rivalries in the 1960s. Since then, it has grown in size and strengthened in character. What does the region stand for today and how does it develop its identity and protect its integrity? Dimensions to be addressed: -...
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