Timor-Leste slated to join ASEAN – Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM
Sep 22, 2025 · The region’s youngest state, it has been an ASEAN observer since 2022, participating in discourse but with limited voting privileges. The nation’s long-awaited …
ASEAN leaders want South China Sea consensus, peace in Myanmar
Oct 29, 2024 · FORUM Staff Amid rising regional tensions, leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at their October 2024 summit called for speeding up …
Australia pledges funds for maritime cooperation as ASEAN …
Mar 9, 2024 · The summit was held against a backdrop of increasingly assertive posturing by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the South China Sea and a protracted and intensifying …
South Korea enhances regional security role – Indo-Pacific …
Nov 4, 2024 · ASEAN and South Korea upgraded ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, the 10-member association’s highest level of relations with dialogue partners. The move …
Japan, ASEAN bolster ties at summit focused on security, economy …
Dec 30, 2023 · The summit marked the 50th anniversary of official Japan-ASEAN ties, which started in 1973 with trade talks over Japanese synthetic rubber exports. The leaders called for …
Indo-Pacific nations enhance cooperation to combat trafficking in ...
Jul 29, 2023 · During a May 2023 ASEAN summit, Southeast Asian leaders called for strengthening the regional approach to combat human trafficking and, for example, pledged to …
Malaysia stands firm in defending territorial waters
Jan 4, 2021 · In his ASEAN summit remarks, Yassin referenced the applicability of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. “As a coastal state, it is a matter of great …
A Sovereignty Success Story – Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM
Mar 6, 2023 · ASEAN’s 10 member states hold two key Summit Meetings each year hosted by the nation holding the ASEAN chairmanship for that year, which will be Indonesia in 2023. The …
ASEAN central to Indo-Pacific concept, cooperation, says Outlook
Jul 9, 2019 · The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) released its concept on the Indo-Pacific at the 34th ASEAN Summit in late-June 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. ASEAN’s …
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stands with Prime …
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stands with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong during their media conference during the one-off ASEAN summit in Sydney ご意見をお …