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Asean's Uncertain Role Amid Shifting Power Dynamics?

Asean's Achilles heel is its unity not centrality

Sep 12, 2025
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By: B A Hamzah
Crossed arms, cross purposes. ASEAN photo

With political uncertainties in its domestic front garden, with the US declining and a confident China pushing for a new global multipolar security and economic order, it is tempting to ask whether the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations can remain a credible and united force in a world…

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