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After 56 years of fence-sitting, moves are afoot to make ASEAN a force to reckon with

Jan 20, 2024
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By: Viswa Nathan
Big plans. Photo from Philippine Presidential Communications Office

Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s recent three-day visit to the Philippines might well have been proactive trade diplomacy, as Jakarta termed it. Indonesia was the first country the Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., chose to visit soon after assuming office in …

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