that have been so instrumental in Southeast Asia’s economic development over the decades. The diminishment of ASEAN’s relevance is an unacceptable outcome for the majority of the region’s states. There is value in having the steering committee, as it were, of East Asian regionalism made up of the small and middle powers of Southeast Asia.

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Oct 5, 2021 · The inclusion of ASEAN within Section 205 of the proposed Act speaks to the importance of Southeast Asia to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Altogether, there are 17 provisions within the Statement of Policy on Cooperation with ASEAN, with most of them pointing to the reaffirmation of Washington’s support for ASEAN.

Asia policy 34 ADAM TRIGGS Biden’s brief window to reform global institutions 36 DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR What Southeast Asia wants from the Biden presidency 38 MICHAEL KUGELMAN How will strategy on South Asia differ? 40 NICK BISLEY Shared burden of a new vision for the Asia Pacific 42 ROBERT N. STAVINS Domestic challenges could limit new US ...

Dec 25, 2023 · Under Trump, the United States was at best an unreliable partner to allies in Asia and beyond. Two of the most emblematic actions of the first year of Trump’s presidency were to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and to drop out from the Trans-Pacific Partnership: both were signals that the United States would abandon its postwar role ...

Southeast Asia defies simple categorisation. Among its countries there are obvious contrasts: big and small, vibrant and stagnant, attractive and troubling, peaceful and unsettled, quaint and web-savvy, confronting and embracing. The contributors to this issue of the EAFQ grapple with parts of the Southeast Asian mosaic,

South and Southeast Asia is a priority for collective leadership that will have to be led by East Asia where the major global geopolitical, economic and security fault lines are. A regional priority is to ensure the United States remains committed to the Western Pacific to help constrain Chinese assertiveness. A zero-sum approach of

across Southeast Asia, while ASEAN helps to shape the region’s new trade architecture. There are many more months in 2021, however. This edition of EAFQ reminds us that, in anticipation of the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference this year, Asia’s eyes are on two key players whose roles are not yet clear: India and the United States.

Asia Pacific cities can harness multiple climate co-benefits like income generation, citizen health and energy security. This requires greater convergence of urban policies with global funds for mitigation and adaptation and direct techno-financial support for climate-sensitive development projects from national governments.