Asean at the Crossroads

Centrifugal forces in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines spell trouble

By: B A Hamzah

Lim Jock Hoi, the Bruneian Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, lamented in a recent article that Asean is at a crossroads, faced with global headwinds and internal fissures, risking remaining relevant in a fragmented world. He is right to worry. There are forces at work within Asean that may undermine or usurp …