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ASEAN centrality

What RCEP Means for the Indo-Pacific
By Blake Berger
The final conclusion of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was a landmark achievement for ASEAN.

ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific Concept and the Great Power Challenge
By Mie Oba
Rising tensions between the U.S. and China complicate ASEAN’s vision for the region.

ASEAN Takes a Stand on the ‘Indo-Pacific’
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Can ASEAN and the various Indo-Pacific concepts coexist?

Assessing ASEAN’s New Indo-Pacific Outlook
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A look at the regional grouping’s first articulation of its response to the Indo-Pacific concept, and the outlook for its future development.

Thailand Takes up the ASEAN Challenge
By Hirubalan V. P.
As Bangkok prepares to host the 34th ASEAN summit, the grouping faces uncertainties from within and without.

Great Expectations: ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Concept
By Sophie Boisseau du Rocher
As ASEAN gets closer to finally releasing its vision for the Indo-Pacific, its role in the region hangs in the balance.

The 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue: Reflections on Great Power Rivalry and the Indo-Pacific
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
The Indo-Pacific, China-U.S. rivalry, the South Pacific, the South China Sea, and more loomed large this year.

Indonesia’s Indo-Pacific Approach: Between Promises and Perils
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A high-level dialogue next week will once again spotlight the opportunities and challenges inherent in Jakarta’s regional vision.

India and the ‘Quad’: Forging an Innovative Approach
By Harsh V. Pant and Paras Ratna
India needs to be innovative in dealing with challenges and leveraging opportunities that arrangements like the Quad present.

ASEAN Security 'Centrality' and the South China Sea
By Mark J. Valencia
ASEAN ‘‘centrality’’ in security of the South China Sea is rapidly becoming ever more an unobtainable goal.

What’s in Indonesia’s Indo-Pacific Cooperation Concept?
By Jansen Tham
The articulation of ASEAN’s own Indo-Pacific concept may pre-empt competitive narratives from Washington or Beijing.

ASEAN: Agnostic on the Free and Open Indo-Pacific
By Bilahari Kausikan
Concerns that the FOIP could erode ASEAN’s centrality can only be assuaged by a clear definition of the concept.