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After thirteen years in existence, the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is attracting a review by its founders. Fresh from its ASEAN Charter exercise, this is an opportune time for ASEAN to evaluate and where necessary overhaul the ARF process so that it can better serve the needs of contemporary and future security in the Asia Pacific region. 

Making the ASEAN Regional Forum More Relevant to Regional Security.pdf

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East Asian regional economic integration, be it “market-driven??? or “functional???, has enveloped both Southeast and Northeast Asia. It is however important to underscore that unlike Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia remains loose and unorganized. By default and not by design, Asean has emerged as the “hub???, despite being relatively small and weak, with the more advanced Japan and Korea and much bigger China serving as “spokes???.

Publication: MIERScan, 19 June 2006. 

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One does not usually hear much about Apec, a regional grouping of 21 member economies of the Pacific Rim, after the annual summits. The flurry of activities that precede the meetings of APEC heads tends to quickly peter out once the summits are over. The silence that fills the void between summits ironically speaks volumes.

Publication: MIERScan, 30 October 2006. 

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Some of the most pressing questions facing ASEAN involve the ASEAN Charter and the ASEAN Economic Area, China and Japan’s impact on ASEAN, and how ASEAN would fare in the immediate future. These broad issues are best dealt with by dividing them into those dealing with the short-term perspective and those that were long-term concerns. In this paper, I shall deal more with the latter than the former.

Publication/Conference: 10th Malaysia Strategic Outlook Conference 2008 organised by Malaysia’s Asian Strategic and Learning Institute, ASLI, on 24 Jan 2008. 

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Malaysia’s relations with Taiwan are firmly based on the principle that there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of it. In May 1974, when the Malaysian government began diplomatic exchanges with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (ROC) had to close its consulate in Kuala Lumpur. This was the beginning of a scaling down of political relations between Kuala Lumpur and Taipei.  [Download]
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