ASEAN WONK BULLETBRIEF

ASEAN Wonk newsletter (July 14) included an APLN’s report titled “The United States: An Increasingly Incidental Provider of Regional Stability in the Asia-Pacific.”

“The United States needs to limit its expectations of ASEAN to specific, achievable goals [and]…work within ASEAN structures so that those structures develop capacities,” argues a new report published by the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network. The report suggests that ASEAN’s role as a convenor and coordinator can support U.S. goals for the region and regional stability in specific areas like climate change or cyber security despite the grouping’s limitations and the realities of intensified major power competition. It also suggests several other recommendations, including a mapping exercise (see image below) to clarify a more limited and bounded understanding of regional stability for various actors including ASEAN and the United States (link).

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