Asean: Commemorating The Past Without Reform

Organization must become a platform that shapes its own future

By: B A Hamzah

Need more than holding hands

As the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations comes together for its annual summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week, it faces some of its most critical tests. How it handles them will tell volumes about its relevance in the 21st-century world.

The first is the arrival on October 26 of US President Donl…