ASEAN Matters: Issue 2

Abstract

Leaders of ASEAN member states gather in Singapore this week for the 32nd ASEAN Summit to decide the ASEAN agenda for the year. They will give policy guidance on the parameters and deliverables of a Resilient and Innovative ASEAN. As is the practice, ASEAN watchers will go through its outcome documents, especially the Chairman’s Statement, to gauge ASEAN’s positions on important strategic and economic issues affecting the region.