Only a Gathering of Neighbors
The ASEAN Summit at Labuan Bajo did not produce any important agreements. It was just an expensive neighborly chat.
Tempo
May 15, 2023
LET us admit it, ASEAN is becoming increasingly irrelevant. In this globalization era when there are no longer any pure political ideologies, when technology is controlling people’s bodies and minds, the grouping of 10 Southeast Asian nations established in 1967 to oppose communism has lost its context.
The irrelevance of ASEAN in Southeast Asian politics was apparent at the summit in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, from May 9 to 11. The
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